The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

Quote by George Eliot

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

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

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of...

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of...

It belongs to every large nature, when it is not under the immediate power of...

It belongs to every large nature, when it is not under the immediate power of...

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

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

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.

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are...

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are...

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

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

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of...

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we...

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we...

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake...

None pities him that is in the snare, who warned before, would not beware

None pities him that is in the snare, who warned before, would not beware

However we may pity the mother whose health and even life is imperiled by the...

However we may pity the mother whose health and even life is imperiled by the...