"Only a mediocre person is always at his best."
-W. Somerset Maugham
BestView Quote
"The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.“
-W. Somerset Maugham
posted in Success
Other Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham
Discover more inspiring quotes by W. Somerset Maugham
"Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul."
-W. Somerset Maugham
ArtView Quote
"When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character."
-W. Somerset Maugham
FriendshipView Quote
"If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?"
-W. Somerset Maugham
ChangeView Quote
"Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it."
-W. Somerset Maugham
MarriageView Quote
"Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young."
-W. Somerset Maugham
ImaginationView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second."
-John Steinbeck
SuccessView Quote
"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
-Henry David Thoreau
SuccessView Quote
"The path to success is to take massive, determined action."
-Tony Robbins
SuccessView Quote
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
-Winston Churchill
SuccessView Quote
"The starting point of all achievement is desire."
-Napoleon Hill
SuccessView Quote
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
-Thomas A. Edison
SuccessView Quote