"A great idea is usually original to more……" — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
"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 and press for admission."
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10 Quotes by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward has 10 quotes on this site.
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... life is moral responsibility. Life is several other things, we do not deny. It is beauty, it is joy,…
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The rainiest nights, like the rainiest lives, are by no means the saddest.
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Surely it is one of the simplest laws of taste in dress, that it shall not attract undue attention from…
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Out of my discomforts, which were small enough, grew one thing for which I have all my life been grateful,…
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What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look,…
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It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner... I felt…
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The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked…
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It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing the little things, the…
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Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a…
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More Admission Quotes
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one of 155 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men…
— Andrew Carnegie
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Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Violence is an admission that one's ideas and goals cannot prevail on their own merits.
— Edward Kennedy
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The Professor took the old practices and studied them, worked out their mechanical principles and then devised a graded scientific…
— John Dewey
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Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit…
— Julia Cameron
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Have you ever noticed how statists are constantly "reforming" their own handiwork? Education reform. Health-care reform. Welfare reform. Tax reform.…
— Lawrence Reed
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[My Book] will endeavour to establish the principle[s] of reasoning in ... [geology]; and all my geology will come in…
— Charles Lyell
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Imagine how dull life would be if variables assessed for admission to a graduate program really did predict who would…
— Unknown Author
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War is the admission of defeat in the face of conflicting interests.
— Germaine Greer
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Unlike some people who have experienced the loss of an animal, I did not believe, even for a moment, that…
— Cleveland Amory
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Having a thirteen-year-old in the family is like having a general-admission ticket to the movies, radio and TV. You get…
— Max Lerner
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Without country you have neither name, token, voice, nor rights, no admission as brothers into the fellowship of the Peoples.…
— Giuseppe Mazzini
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