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> [“There was a time when I thought I could change everything. I have learned the hard way that we only have so much strength: better to use it for fights where we stand a chance of winning.” “And”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-chadwick/there-was-a-time-when-i-thought-i-could-change-everything-i-have/)

[Elizabeth Chadwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-chadwick/)

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## More by Elizabeth Chadwick

> [“The language of power was exercised in more than just words. It was presence and thought; it was gesture and timing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-chadwick/the-language-of-power-was-exercised-in-more-than-just-words-it-was/)

[Elizabeth Chadwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-chadwick/)

> [“All that remains is regret for what might have been. It is like standing in the ashes of a fire you once approached to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-chadwick/all-that-remains-is-regret-for-what-might-have-been-it-is-like/)

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> [“What good is having the heart of a lion if you cannot roar?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-chadwick/what-good-is-having-the-heart-of-a-lion-if-you-cannot-roar/)

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> [“I have memories of him that are like jewels, and others that are stones but my memories of you are always consistent, Mama." "And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-chadwick/i-have-memories-of-him-that-are-like-jewels-and-others-that-are/)

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> [“Alienor glanced across at the girls who were still oblivious of their fate as they sat over their game of chess. They had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-chadwick/alienor-glanced-across-at-the-girls-who-were-still-oblivious-of-their/)

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> [“Did he think to win them over like this? She remembered the boyish charm he had once possessed and wondered where it had gone.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-chadwick/did-he-think-to-win-them-over-like-this-she-remembered-the-boyish/)

[Elizabeth Chadwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-chadwick/)

> [“Indeed, she had started to wonder if her blessings might be in her daughters and their progeny rather than in her sons. There was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-chadwick/indeed-she-had-started-to-wonder-if-her-blessings-might-be-in-her/)

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> [“She crossed herself and gazed at the windows, shedding rainbow colours on the chapel's stone floor. The light from these windows shone just the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-chadwick/she-crossed-herself-and-gazed-at-the-windows-shedding-rainbow-colours/)

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> [“For a man who professed to love God, he was filled with the vinegar of hatred and self-righteousness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-chadwick/for-a-man-who-professed-to-love-god-he-was-filled-with-the-vinegar-of/)

[Elizabeth Chadwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-chadwick/)

> [“No use wishing to be like other folks,' the maid said shrewdly. 'You have to learn to live at peace within your own skin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-chadwick/no-use-wishing-to-be-like-other-folks-the-maid-said-shrewdly-you-have/)

[Elizabeth Chadwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-chadwick/)

> [“That you should choose your battles wisely. You cannot fight everything and win. Sometimes the price of losing is beyond what you can afford…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-chadwick/that-you-should-choose-your-battles-wisely-you-cannot-fight/)

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> [“It came to him that life moved in circles like the ripples radiating from a stone cast into a pool. . . Now he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-chadwick/it-came-to-him-that-life-moved-in-circles-like-the-ripples-radiating/)

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> [“I know the difference between the confection of live as sung in a minstrel's tale and the sustaining bread of love in reality, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-chadwick/i-know-the-difference-between-the-confection-of-live-as-sung-in-a/)

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> [“While writing The Summer Queen, I was constantly told that Alienor was a “woman ahead of her time.” But my own take is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-chadwick/while-writing-the-summer-queen-i-was-constantly-told-that-alienor-was/)

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> [“Fight for your lord, fight for his honour, but never forget that you were fighting for yourself too.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-chadwick/fight-for-your-lord-fight-for-his-honour-but-never-forget-that-you/)

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