There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
GEORGE ELIOTWhen God makes His presence felt through us, we are like the burning bush: Moses never took any heed what sort of bush it was—he only saw the brightness of the Lord.
More George Eliot Quotes
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“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.
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The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
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It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
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There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope.
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Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
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Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of.
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Your trouble’s easy borne when everybody gives it a lift for you.
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Her little butterfly soul fluttered incessantly between memory and dubious expectation.
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Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.
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It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.
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Much of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight.
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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
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We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.
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