Samuel Griswold Goodrich Professions : Author Born : August 19, 1793 Died : May 9, 1860 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Samuel Griswold Goodrich Perseverance gives power to weakness, and opens to poverty the world's wealth. It spreads fertility over the barren landscape, and buds the choicest flowers and fruits spring up and flourish in the desert abode of thorns and briars. Samuel Griswold Goodrich perseverance flower spring Everybody Moral courage is a virtue of higher cast and nobler origin than physical. It springs from a consciousness of virtue and renders a man, in the pursuit or defense of right, superior to the fear of reproach, opposition, or contempt. Samuel Griswold Goodrich defense spring men Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar. Samuel Griswold Goodrich domestic-violence abuse weapons How many hopes and fears, how many ardent wishes and anxious apprehensions are twisted together in the threads that connect the parent with the child! Samuel Griswold Goodrich parent wish children Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors