All movement, of every creature, comes from the desire after…

Quote byCharles Buxton · 1823–1871

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Notes of Thought (1883), p. 189.

English (original)

All movement, of every creature, comes from the desire after something better.

— Charles Buxton

Success soon palls. The joyous time is, when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows.

How strangely easy difficult things are!

Concentration alone conquers.

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal.

Silence is the severest criticism.

To make pleasures pleasant, shorten them.