10 Oscar Wilde Quotes on Motivation

Oscar Wilde quotes on motivation

16. Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.

66. If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.

69. The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

89. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

114. We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

128. Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

134. To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

141. Lord Illingworth: I am always astonishing myself. It is the only thing that makes life worth living.

208. It is sweet to dance to violins When Love and Life are fair: To dance to flutes, to dance to lutes Is delicate and rare: But it is not sweet with nimble feet To dance upon the air!

209. Something was dead in each of us, And what was dead was Hope.