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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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
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George Eliot Quotes
- One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
- There are many victories worse than a defeat.
- Teach us to care and not to care. Teach us to sit still.
- The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
- I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.
- It is easy to say how we love new friends and what we think of them but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old.
- The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.
- When one is grateful for something too good for common thanks, writing is less unsatisfactory than speech-one does not, at least, hear how inadequate the words are.
- Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.
- Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
Best Quotes
- It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom, whole worlds apart, who has no knowledge of us and by whom it is impossible to make ourselves understood: our body.
- To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
- Be aware of actions behind words, be cautious of the motives behind complaints. Man is like a coin with a two face!
- And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he's no longer God... They'll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.
- What I learned growing up on the farm was a way of life that was centered on hard work, and on faith and on thrift. Those values have stuck with me my whole life.
- One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government.
- American inventiveness and the desire to build developed because we were guaranteed the right to own our success.
- But the best thing Washington can do for education is realize that our role is limited. Washington must keep its promises, but let those who know our childrens' names- parents, teachers and school board members- make education decisions.
- I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women on a picket line at a textile plant, seeing them being viciously beaten by security people. So that kind of thing stayed with me.
- My Mom always cooked healthy. Greek food lends itself to cooking healthy.