"Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine."
― Tryon Edwards
Topic(s):
Hope
More From Tryon Edwards
- "Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven."
- "The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others."
- "Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so."
More In Hope
- "Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss."― Democritus
- "I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again."― Oliver North
- "I’ve convinced myself – I hope I’m right – that children despair of you if you don’t tell them the truth."― Maurice Sendak