Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Quote by George Eliot

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When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect...

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect...

Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as...

Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as...

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...

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are...

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are...

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be...

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must...

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must...

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord...

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord...

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it...

If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it...

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

Never comment on a woman's rear end. Never use the words large or size with...

Never comment on a woman's rear end. Never use the words large or size with...

I get to be a kid now, because I wasn't a kid when I was...

I get to be a kid now, because I wasn't a kid when I was...