We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.

Quote by George Eliot

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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...

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

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

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

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird...

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird...

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...

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...

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

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

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.

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

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

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which...

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which...

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...

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be...

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be...

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

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

Action without thought is like shooting without aim.

Action without thought is like shooting without aim.

Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics

Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics