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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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of...

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of...

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...

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine...

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine...

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant...

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant...

An age at which many men are not quite common - at which they are...

An age at which many men are not quite common - at which they are...

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the...

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the...

A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and...

A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and...

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.

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...

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

Excessive literary production is a social offense.

Excessive literary production is a social offense.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

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

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

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing....

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing....

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...

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

There are many victories worse than a defeat.