Quotes by Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett
British novelist
Lived from: 1867-1931
We found 27 quotes.
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A first-rate Organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected.
British novelist 1867-1931
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All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do.
British novelist 1867-1931
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Any change, even for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.
British novelist 1867-1931
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Because her instinct has told her, or because she has been reliably informed, the faded virgin knows that the supreme joys are not for her; she knows by a process of the intellect; but she can feel her deprivation no more than the young mother can feel the hardship of the virgin's lot.
British novelist 1867-1931
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Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man.
British novelist 1867-1931
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Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.
British novelist 1867-1931
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Falsehood often lurks upon the tongue of him, who, by self-praise, seeks to enhance his value in the eyes of others.
British novelist 1867-1931
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Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.
British novelist 1867-1931
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If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living.
British novelist 1867-1931
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It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.
British novelist 1867-1931
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