Inspirational Quotes by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

The insignificant labor; the great create.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

How wise must one be to be always kind.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Pity is love in undress.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

The incurable ills are the imaginary ills.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Those whom we support hold us up in life.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Accident is veiled necessity.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Genius points the way, talent takes it.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

A defeat borne with pride is also a victory.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Blessed is trust, for it blesses both those who have it to give and those who receive it.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

The world belongs to those who possess it, and is scorned by those to whom it should belong.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Where would the power of women be, were it not for the vanity of men?

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Generosity, to be perfect, should always be accompanied by a dash of humor.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

We are valued wither too highly or not high enough; we are never taken at our real worth.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Indifference of every kind is reprehensible, even indifference towards one's self.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Even virtue is an art; and even its devotees are divided into those who practise it and those who are merely amateurs.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

No one is so eager to gain new experiences as he who doesn't know how to make use of the old ones.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

We should always forgive. We should forgive the repentant for their sake, the unrepentant for our sake.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

In meeting again after a separation, acquaintances ask after our outward life, friends after our inner life.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Enthusiasm does not always speak for those who arouse it, but always for those who experience it.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

One of the main goals of self-education is to eradicate that vanity in us without which we would never have been educated.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

There is only one proof of ability - action.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Old age transfigures or fossilizes.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Those who know nothing must believe everything.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

The greatest enemy of justice is privilege.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

To have and not to give is often worse than to steal.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

He who says patience, says courage, endurance, strength.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Nothing makes us more cowardly and unconscionable than the desire to be loved by everyone.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

One thought cannot awake without awakening others.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

How happy are the pessimists! What joy is theirs when they have proved there is no joy.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

He who has trusted where he ought not will surely mistrust where he ought not.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Only the thinking man lives his life, the thoughtless man's life passes him by.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

n every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach