Quotes by Arnold Bennett

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He who loves does not think, but wants.

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Compliment every woman you meet. Five percent returns - not a bad investment.

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No one who didn't enter has ever won a race.

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Three-quarters of the goals are never realized, and the majority of the realized goals do not bring serious results, because we are constantly preparing for life instead of living. In other words, we sacrifice the present on the altar of the future.

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If someone has been forced into a lake by fate, he can work wonders if he becomes an amphibian. You can amaze the world with what you can do to successfully adapt. Still, I think it makes more sense to try to climb out of the lake and settle permanently on the shore - sans gills.

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They say time is money. This saying underestimates time. Time is much, much more valuable than money. If you have time, you can usually make money, but no matter how rich you are, you can't buy yourself a minute more time than I have or the cat by the fireplace.

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If selfishness means an individual's extreme interest in himself, then selfishness is essential to a meaningful and happy life.

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The real tragedy is if someone never tried to fight to the end in his life, if he never reached the limit of his ability to perform, if he never found his true self.

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During the day the living come to visit the dead, but at night the dead are left alone, and even the flowers that bloom on their graves close and are forgotten.

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Paradoxically, those who know little usually don't want to know more, while those who know more want to know even more.