Motivational Quotes: George Eliot

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"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

George Eliot

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

George Eliot

"Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another."

George Eliot

"Adventure is not outside man; it is within."

George Eliot

"It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them."

George Eliot

"What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?"

George Eliot

"What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined - to strengthen each other - to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories."

George Eliot

"Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure."

George Eliot

"There are many victories worse than a defeat."

George Eliot

"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together."

George Eliot

"Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds."

George Eliot

"The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men."

George Eliot

"The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice."

George Eliot

"Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline."

George Eliot

"It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us."

George Eliot

"Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress."

George Eliot

"The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best."

George Eliot

"There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows."

George Eliot

"What makes life dreary is the want of a motive."

George Eliot

"Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries."

George Eliot

"I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it."

George Eliot