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

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: George Eliot Quotes

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing...

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing...

The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it...

The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it...

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.

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...

Habit is the beneficent harness of routine which enables silly men to live respectfully and...

Habit is the beneficent harness of routine which enables silly men to live respectfully and...

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

It's but little good you'll do a-watering the last year's crops.

It's but little good you'll do a-watering the last year's crops.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of...

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of...

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

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

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end...

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end...

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

Excessive literary production is a social offense.

Excessive literary production is a social offense.

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us...

Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us...

I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved.

I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved.

3 things I want in a relationship: Eyes that wont cry, lips than wont lie,...

3 things I want in a relationship: Eyes that wont cry, lips than wont lie,...

See there's this place in me where your fingerprints still rest, your kisses still linger,...

See there's this place in me where your fingerprints still rest, your kisses still linger,...