Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Quotes

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• A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. Great ideas surround the world's ignorance… Admission
• ... life is moral responsibility. Life is several other things, we do not deny. It is beauty, it is joy, it is tragedy, it is… Always Moral
• The rainiest nights, like the rainiest lives, are by no means the saddest. Inspirational
• Surely it is one of the simplest laws of taste in dress, that it shall not attract undue attention from the wearer to the worn. Attention
• Out of my discomforts, which were small enough, grew one thing for which I have all my life been grateful, the formation of fixed habits… All
• What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motion of a… Aim
• It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner... I felt that I had suddenly acquired… Acquired
• The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked beans, or an unrequited affection. Affection
• It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing the little things, the common duties, a little better… Better
• Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run… Alone

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