George Eliot
77 quotations
Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.
Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
The reward of one's duty is the power to fulfill another.
Those who trust us educate us.
You have such strong words at command, that they make the smallest argument seem formidable.
One soweth and another reapeth is a verity that applies to evil as well as good.
Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.
Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.
There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.
In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.
Would not love see returning penitence afar off, and fall on its neck and kiss it?
Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!
Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.
I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.
Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.
It's them as take advantage that get advantage I this world.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
Breed is stronger than pasture.
Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right and stick to it.
The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.