To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible.

Quote by Robert Southey

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The three indispensable of genius are: understanding, feeling, and perseverance; the three things that enrich...

The three indispensable of genius are: understanding, feeling, and perseverance; the three things that enrich...

If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams...

If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams...

There is a magic in that little world, home; it is a mystic circle that...

There is a magic in that little world, home; it is a mystic circle that...

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means,...

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means,...

Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but...

Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but...

Love is indestructible. It's holy flame forever burneth; from Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth.

Love is indestructible. It's holy flame forever burneth; from Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth.

They sin who tell us Love can die: with Life all other passions fly, all...

They sin who tell us Love can die: with Life all other passions fly, all...

Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of...

Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of...

The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the...

The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the...

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced...

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced...

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced...

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced...

Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of...

Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of...

It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions;...

It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions;...

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to...

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to...

A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden.

A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden.

How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which...

How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which...

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who...

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who...