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> [“Choose one thing you care about and resolve to do it well. Whether you succeed or not, you will be the better for the effort.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander/choose-one-thing-you-care-about-and-resolve-to-do-it-well-whether-you/)

[William Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander/)

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## More by William Alexander

> [The white sail of his soul has rounded the promontory - death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander/the-white-sail-of-his-soul-has-rounded-the-promontory-death/)

[William Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander/)

> [“Our selves are are rough and unrehearsed tales we tell the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander/our-selves-are-are-rough-and-unrehearsed-tales-we-tell-the-world/)

[William Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander/)

> [Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander/earth-teach-me-to-forget-myself-as-melted-snow-forgets-its-life-earth/)

[William Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander/)

> [“We have to remember that the way things are is not the only possible way that they could be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander/we-have-to-remember-that-the-way-things-are-is-not-the-only-possible/)

[william Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander/)

> [“The nice thing about baking alone in the kitchen before dawn is that you can talk to yourself like a crazy person and no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander/the-nice-thing-about-baking-alone-in-the-kitchen-before-dawn-is-that/)

[William Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander/)

> [“Backstage was chaos distilled into a very small space.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander/backstage-was-chaos-distilled-into-a-very-small-space/)

[William Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander/)

> [“Hawthorne ends the story this way: 'He failed to look beyond the shadowy scope of time, and, living once for all in eternity, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander/hawthorne-ends-the-story-this-way-he-failed-to-look-beyond-the/)

[William Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander/)

> [Yet with great toil all that I can attain by long experience, and in learned schools, is for to know my knowledge is but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander/yet-with-great-toil-all-that-i-can-attain-by-long-experience-and-in/)

[William Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander/)

> [“Choose one thing you care about and resolve to do it well. Whether you succeed or not, you will be the better for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander/choose-one-thing-you-care-about-and-resolve-to-do-it-well-whether-you/)

[William Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander/)

> [“Bread is life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander/bread-is-life/)

[William Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander/)

> [Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published everyday, like those of a baseball player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander/things-could-be-worse-suppose-your-errors-were-counted-and-published/)

[William Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander/)

> [“I’m lecturing my class last week. In the English language, I tell them, a double negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander/i-m-lecturing-my-class-last-week-in-the-english-language-i-tell-them/)

[William Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander/)

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