Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it.

Quote by George Eliot

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No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of...

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of...

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns...

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns...

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries.

Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries.

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling...

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling...

It belongs to every large nature, when it is not under the immediate power of...

It belongs to every large nature, when it is not under the immediate power of...

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have...

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have...

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust.

A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and...

A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and...

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.

The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms

In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.

In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.

It's no trifle at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows...

It's no trifle at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows...

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Stop looking at what you don't have and Start being thankful for what you do...

Stop looking at what you don't have and Start being thankful for what you do...