Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.

Quote by George Eliot

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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 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...

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...

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets,...

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets,...

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

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

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do...

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do...

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

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

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be...

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be...

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems...

Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems...

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...

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as...

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as...

He was like the cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

He was like the cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

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

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

Know yourself, and dont allow yourself to change for anybody, or let anybody change you,...

Know yourself, and dont allow yourself to change for anybody, or let anybody change you,...

You build walls & boundaries when you give into your mind. Fear nothing & take...

You build walls & boundaries when you give into your mind. Fear nothing & take...

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what...

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what...

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Integrity can be neither lost nor concealed nor faked nor quenched nor artificially come by...

Integrity can be neither lost nor concealed nor faked nor quenched nor artificially come by...

We need men who can dream of things that never were, and ask why not.

We need men who can dream of things that never were, and ask why not.