George Eliot Quotes Page 2
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
George Eliot Helping Others | Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the benefit of the tallow trade. George Eliot Inspirational Quotes | Adventure is not outside man; it is within. George Eliot Attitude | We are children of a large family, and must learn, as such children do, not to expect that our little hurts will be made much of - to be content with little nurture and caressing, and help each other the more. George Eliot Children | No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters. George Eliot Time | Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. George Eliot Blessed | That by desiring what is perfectly good, even when we don't quite know what it is and cannot do what we would, we are part of the divine power against evil - widening the skirts of light and making the struggle with darkness narrower. George Eliot Good | Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat. George Eliot Courage | There are various orders of beauty, causing men to make fools of themselves in various styles . . . but there is one order of beauty which seems made to turn the heads not only of men, but of all intelligent mammals, even of women. It is a beauty like that of kittens, or very small downy ducks making gentle rippling noises with their soft bills, or babies just beginning to toddle and to engage in conscious mischief - a beauty with which you can never be angry, but that you feel ready to crush for inability to comprehend the state of mind into which it throws you. George Eliot Beauty | Life is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the being. George Eliot Quotes about Change | I daresay some would never get their eyes opened if it were not for a violent shock from the consequences of their own actions. George Eliot Action | Character is not cut in marble - it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may become diseased as our bodies do. George Eliot Character | There are always people who can't forgive an able man for differing from them. George Eliot Forgiveness | Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking. George Eliot Friendship | It's never too late to be who you might have been. George Eliot Goals | Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries. George Eliot Procrastianation | One must be poor to know the luxury of giving! George Eliot Quotes about Giving | I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. George Eliot Fear | What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult to each other? George Eliot Quotes about Life | Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life. George Eliot The Play of Your Life | Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. George Eliot Friend | Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. George Eliot Anger | More George Elliot Quotes: 
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