"A faint endeavor ends in a sure defeat." — Hannah More

"A faint endeavor ends in a sure defeat."

— Hannah More

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56 Quotes by Hannah More

Hannah More has 56 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

In agony or danger, no nature is atheist. The mind that knows not what to fly to, flies to God.
Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech,…
Love never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and then trembles least it has…
One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire…
In men this blunder still you find; all think their little set mankind.
In grief we know the worst of what we feel but who can tell the end of what we fear?
Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain…
There is one single fact that one may oppose to all the wit and argument of infidelity; namely, that no…
Man can see his reflection in water only when he bends down close to it, and the heart of man,…
Oh! the joy Of young ideas painted on the mind, In the warm glowing colors fancy spreads On objects not…
How much it is to be regretted, that the British ladies should ever sit down contented to polish, when they…
Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes.

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In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges… — Michelle Bachelet
When I was in Minnesota serving in the state Senate and in Washington, D.C., I did everything I could to… — Michele Bachmann
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. — Russell Baker
If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. — Simone de Beauvoir
Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their… — Conrad Black
There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be… — Tony Blair
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. — Napoleon Bonaparte
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. — Napoleon Bonaparte
My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until… — Bjorn Borg
At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That's the only way to… — Abdallah II
The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the… — Bertolt Brecht
I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to… — Robert Browning

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