George Eliot
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
It is never too late to be what we might have been
What greater thing is there for two human souls that to feel that they are joined, to strengthen each other, to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
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Adventure is worthwhile.
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, but rather something to be achieved.
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There's a name for you ladies, but it isn't used in high society -- outside of a kennel.
We didn't need dialogue. We had faces.
Come here, Norman. Hurry up. The loons ! The loons ! They're welcoming us back.
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If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
Nothing succeeds like success.
If people find fault with you and try to put you into bad light, wrongly slandering and vilifying you, just step back and observe yourself. Don't harbor any dislike, don't enter into it any contests, and don't get upset, angry, or resentful. Just cut right through it and be as if you never or saw it. Eventually malevolent pests will disappear of themselves. If you contend with them, then a bad name will bounce back and forth with never an end in sight.
There's no place like home.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
Why should a man be moral ? Because this strengthens his will.
Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
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Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
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Let thy words be few.
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Words do two major things : They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your house, you can never tell.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
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Never, never, never give up.
Oh, Moses, Moses, you stubborn, splendid, adorable fool !
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Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness ?
This too, shall pass.
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The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
The best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
I want to be alone.
This kind of certainty comes but just once in a lifetime.
Hey, Johnny, what are you rebelling against ?
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Passion is the genesis of genius.
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A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. His eyes are closed.
I can change. I can live out my imagination instead of my memory. I can tie myself to my limitless potential instead of my limiting past.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Union gives strength.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
We can do no great things. Only small things with great love.
Censure is often useful, praise often deceitful.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments. Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.
A hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived in, how much money I had in the bank... but the world may be a better place because I made a differ- ence in the life of a child.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
Love conquers all.
Love is like a mountain, hard to climb, but once you get to the top the view is beautiful.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Our real problem is not our strength today ; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure strength tomorrow.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
To be a leader, you must stand for something, or fall for anything.
Love is a thing, well, it's kind of like quicksand. The more you are in it, the deeper you sink. And when it hits you, you've just got to fall.