Time for another quote! Things that people have uttered in a moment of elation, insight, inspiration, wisdom, despair – or any other emotion. Try to guess or remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of this article.

These pieces are there to lift your spirits, brighten your day, increase your tolerance of fellow human beings – or just give you a temporary relief from whatever you were doing a moment ago – or what is going around you.

Remember to scroll down  s l o w l y. So, who said:

“I never dreamed of success. I worked for it”

That quote contains the perhaps painful fact that success usually doesn’t come easy, but has to be worked for. Perhaps for years, even decades. And even then, success may elude you. For you may also need the co-operation and goodwill of others, plenty of opportunities - and sheer luck!

So who said that?

Probably a person who made it their business to succeed. A business person?

You would be right in that assumption. The above quote was said by the American businesswoman Estee Lauder who co-founded her eponymous cosmetics company together with her husband in 1946.