Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

Quotes

• “What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice the dress the look the very m...”
• “They don't take the Bible as a general thing, sailors don't; though I will say that I never saw the man at sea who didn'...”
• “It is not the straining for great things that is most effective it is the doing the little things the common duties a...”
• “The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life whether the case be one of coolish baked beans or an un...”
• “Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment or it will ru...”
• “Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will ru...”