Josh Billings

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Josh Billings

Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.

Josh Billings

About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it.

Josh Billings

Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite.

Josh Billings

Don’t put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today.

Josh Billings

If you believe you can do something, then you can acquire the ability to do it even if you didn’t have it in the beginning.

Josh Billings

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

Josh Billings

Method is the arithmetic of success.

Josh Billings

Morally considered, laughter is next to the Ten Commandments.

Josh Billings

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.

Josh Billings