There is in the world a certain class of mortals, known, and contentedly known, by the appellation of passionate men, who imagine themselves entitled by that distinction to be provoked on every slight occasion, and to vent their rage in vehement and fierce vociferations, in furious menaces and licentious reproaches. Their rage, indeed, for the […]
Anticipation Quotes
Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow that weigh a man down. For the needs of today we have corresponding strength given. For the morrow we are to trust. It is not ours yet.
Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellowman, either by a considerable gift, or a sum of money, or by teaching him a trade, or by putting him in the way of business, so that he may earn an honest livelihood, and not be forced to the dreadful alternative of holding out his hand […]
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
A cathedral, a wave of a storm, a dancer’s leap, never turn out to be as high as we had hoped.
What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens.
We… anticipate what’s to come, then ignore what’s actually here.
We are attracted to what is already ours in secret. Thus passionate anticipation transforms what is indeed possible into dreamt-for reality.
