We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.

Quote by George Eliot

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

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

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...

A blush is no language; only a dubious flag - signal which may mean either...

A blush is no language; only a dubious flag - signal which may mean either...

Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen...

Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen...

If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it...

If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it...

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am...

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am...

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must...

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must...

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.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in,...

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in,...

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...

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...

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust.

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority...

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority...

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy...

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy...

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.