"What an immense power over the life is……" — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
"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 person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason."
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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
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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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Out of my discomforts, which were small enough, grew one thing for which I have all my life been grateful,…
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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 Aim Quotes
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
— Aristotle
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
— Aristotle
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
— Aristotle
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Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
— Mahmoud Abbas
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Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of…
— Benigno Aquino III
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If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in…
— David Attenborough
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.
— Jane Austen
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The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment…
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
— Robert Baden-Powell
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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are…
— Bryan Adams
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Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social…
— Jacques Barzun
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