Quotes by André Maurois

André Maurois

André Maurois

French writer (ps. van mile Herzog)

Lived from: 1885 - 1967

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagFrance

Born: 26 july 1885 Died: 9 october 1967

  • If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.
  • Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
  • We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - gunpowder and romantic love.
  • In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.
+1

Quotes 1 till 20 of 31.

1 2 Next 
  • If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.
    ― André Maurois
    - +
    +15
  • Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
    ― André Maurois
    - +
    +4
  • Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.
    ― André Maurois
    - +
    +1
  • Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
    ― Andre Maurois
    - +
    +1
  • A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
    ― André Maurois
    - +
     0
  • A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
    ― André Maurois
    - +
     0
  • A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.
    ― André Maurois
    - +
     0
  • A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
    ― André Maurois
    - +
     0
  • Business is a combination of war and sport.
    ― André Maurois
    - +
     0
  • Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
    ― André Maurois
    - +
     0
  • Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
    ― André Maurois
    - +
     0
  • If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.
    ― André Maurois
    - +
     0
  • In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
    ― André Maurois
    - +
     0
  • In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.
    ― André Maurois
    - +
     0
  • Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
    ― André Maurois
    - +
     0
  • Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
    ― André Maurois
    - +
     0
  • Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
    ― André Maurois
    - +
     0
  • No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
    ― André Maurois
    - +
     0
  • Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
    ― André Maurois
    - +
     0
  • People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
    ― André Maurois
    - +
     0
1 2 Next 
All André Maurois famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com

Popular subjects

Popular authors

Questions and Answers

What are the most famous quotes from André Maurois?

The two most famous quotes from André Maurois are:

  • "If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny."
  • "Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them."

When did André Maurois live?

André Maurois was born in 1885 and died in the year 1967.