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

Quote by George Eliot

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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...

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving

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

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

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...

Our instructed vagrancy, which has hardly time to linger by the hedgerows, but runs away...

Our instructed vagrancy, which has hardly time to linger by the hedgerows, but runs away...

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we...

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we...

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

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

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...

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a...

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a...

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true...

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true...

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 always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less...

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less...

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are...

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are...

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable...

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable...

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...

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

If you have a choice between me and her, choose her because if you really...

If you have a choice between me and her, choose her because if you really...

To reap a return in ten years, plant trees. To reap a return in 100,...

To reap a return in ten years, plant trees. To reap a return in 100,...