John Albert Michener Quotes

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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries. - John Albert Michener quote.
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.
— John Albert Michener Chesapeake: A Novel

character

The arrogance of the artist is a very profound thing, and it fortifies you. - John Albert Michener quote.
The arrogance of the artist is a very profound thing, and it fortifies you.
— John Albert Michener in The New York Times

artists

No man leaves where he is and seeks a distant place unless he is in some respect a failure. - John Albert Michener quote.
No man leaves where he is and seeks a distant place unless he is in some respect a failure.
— John Albert Michener Hawaii: A Novel

failure

An age is called Dark, not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it. - John Albert Michener quote.
An age is called Dark, not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.
— John Albert Michener

science

Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today, because if you enjoy it today you can do it again tomorrow. - John Albert Michener quote.
Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today, because if you enjoy it today you can do it again tomorrow.
— John Albert Michener

procrastination

If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life. - John Albert Michener quote.
If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life.
— John Albert Michener

know yourself introspection

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you might better stay at home. - John Albert Michener quote.
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.
— John Albert Michener

Travel

The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality. - John Albert Michener quote.
The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.
— John Albert Michener
For this is the journey that men make: to find themselves.  If they fail in this, it doesn't matter much what else they find: Money, position, fame, many loves, revenge are all of little consequence, and when the tickets are collected at the end of the ride they are tossed into the bin marked FAILURE. - John Albert Michener quote.
For this is the journey that men make: to find themselves.  If they fail in this, it doesn't matter much what else they find: Money, position, fame, many loves, revenge are all of little consequence, and when the tickets are collected at the end of the ride they are tossed into the bin marked FAILURE.
— John Albert Michener The Fires of Spring: A Novel

failure know yourself purpose of life dignity

An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.