“The thing done avails, and not what is said about it. An original sentence, a step forward, is worth more than all the censures.”
The quote collection.
Reminders for brave starts, creative days, and the moments when you need a little push.
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“You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”
“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”
“Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.”
“Nothing is so much to be feared as fear.”
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.”
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.”
“Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another’s pain, life is not in vain.”
“A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.”
