Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of a...

It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of a...

No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest...

No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest...

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy

Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy

Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will...

Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will...

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences...

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences...

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say...

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say...

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable The only argument available with an...

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable The only argument available with an...

I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only...

I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only...

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that...

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that...

Though old the thought and oft expressed, 'Tis his at last who says it best

Though old the thought and oft expressed, 'Tis his at last who says it best

Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.

Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.

Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.

What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us.

What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us.

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner...

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner...

It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does...

It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does...