Getting On Quotes

“If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest; and if you can do with a little, ask for a great deal. Because if you don't you won't get any.”
― Jerome K. Jerome, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

“He buried his nose in his pillow and went to sleep—to dream of anything rather than getting on in the world, as a sensible young man in his position ought to have done.”
― H.G. Wells, The History of Mr. Polly