"Out of my discomforts, which were small enough,……" — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
"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 of work."
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10 Quotes by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
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A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. Great…
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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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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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