10 inspirational samuel johnson quotes on success

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
My congratulations to you, sir. Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works.