More quotes by Walter Scott

"Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities."
"Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening."
"We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we have taught ourselves to consider every thing as moonshine, compared with the education of the heart."
"Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep."
"All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education."