Half the sorrows of women would be averted if they could repress the speech they know to be useless-nay, the speech they have resolved not to utter. George Eliot More Quotes by George Eliot More Quotes From George Eliot It is never too late, no matter how old you get because anytime or any point in your life you can always have a chance to make a difference. You can always make a change for the better no matter what background you derived from. You can always do your best and be all that you can be because you will always be uniquely you. It is why it is always wise to listen to your eternal heart, your eternal instincts, and what it had always strove for and/or to do because really anybody can make a difference not only in their own lives but in the lives of others. It is never too late to shine; never. George Eliot softballwiseinspirational Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. George Eliot loverelationshipfriendship No man can be wise on an empty stomach. George Eliot emptywisemen Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms. George Eliot spiritualdogmotivational What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other? George Eliot motivationalinspirationallife Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. George Eliot inspirationallovefriendship Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words. George Eliot best-friendrelationshipfriendship One has to spend many years in learning how to be happy. George Eliot how-to-be-happyhappinessyears 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 loverelationshiplife Much of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight. George Eliot wakingdaylightdream May every soul that touches mine - be it the slightest contact - get there from some good; some little grace; one kindly thought; one aspiration yet unfelt; one bit of courage for the darkening sky; one gleam of faith to brave the thickening ills of life; one glimpse of brighter skies beyond the gathering mists - to make this life worthwhile. George Eliot gracebravesky Adventure is not outside man; it is within. George Eliot wisdomadventuretravel How is it that the poets have said so many fine things about our first love, so few about our later love? Are their first poems their best? or are not those the best which come from their fuller thought, their larger experience, their deeper-rooted affections? The boy's flute-like voice has its own spring charm; but the man should yield a richer, deeper music. George Eliot first-lovespringboys The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice. George Eliot motivationalsympathyinspirational Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. George Eliot autumnnaturefall What makes life dreary is the want of a motive. George Eliot motivationliteraturelife "Heaven help us," said the old religion; the new one, from its very lack of that faith, will teach us all the more to help one another. George Eliot atheismhelpingheaven There is a great deal of unmapped country within us. George Eliot abilityselfcountry A human life, I think, should be well rooted in some spot of a native land, where it may get the love of tender kinship for the face of earth, for the labors men go forth to, for the sounds and accents that haunt it, for whatever will give that early home a familiar, unmistakable difference amidst the future widening of knowledge. George Eliot starshomemen We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been. George Eliot motivationalmightreality
