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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "Out of my discomforts, which were small enough, grew one thing for which I have all my life been grateful, the formation of fixed habits of work."

Out of my discomforts, which were small enough, grew one thing for which I have all my life been grateful, the formation of fixed habits of work.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "It seems to me that life is always undoing for us something that we have just laboriously done."

It seems to me that life is always undoing for us something that we have just laboriously done.




Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "Surely it is one of the simplest laws of taste in dress, that it shall not attract undue attention from the wearer to the worn."

Surely it is one of the simplest laws of taste in dress, that it shall not attract undue attention from the wearer to the worn.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked beans, or an unrequited affection."

The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked beans, or an unrequited affection.




Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "A perfect marriage is like a pure heart ... those who have it are fit to see God."

A perfect marriage is like a pure heart ... those who have it are fit to see God.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "A literary woman's best critic is her husband."

A literary woman's best critic is her husband.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds."

Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds.




Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "It is in the comprehension of the physically disabled, or disordered ... that we are behind our age.... sympathy as a fine art is backward in the growth of progress."

It is in the comprehension of the physically disabled, or disordered ... that we are behind our age.... sympathy as a fine art is backward in the growth of progress.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing the little things, the common duties, a little better and better."

It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing the little things, the common duties, a little better and better.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "A good short story is a work of art which daunts us in proportion to its brevity.... No inspiration is too noble for it; no amountof hard work is too severe for it."

A good short story is a work of art which daunts us in proportion to its brevity.... No inspiration is too noble for it; no amountof hard work is too severe for it.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner... I felt that I had suddenly acquired value to myself, to my family, and to the world."

It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner... I felt that I had suddenly acquired value to myself, to my family, and to the world.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "Who originated that most exquisite of inquisitions, the condolence system?"

Who originated that most exquisite of inquisitions, the condolence system?




Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "It is not in our drawing-rooms that we should look to judge of the intrinsic worth of any style of dress. The street-car is a truer crucible of its inherent value."

It is not in our drawing-rooms that we should look to judge of the intrinsic worth of any style of dress. The street-car is a truer crucible of its inherent value.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "The rainiest nights, like the rainiest lives, are by no means the saddest."

The rainiest nights, like the rainiest lives, are by no means the saddest.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "Death is not the worst sorrow."

Death is not the worst sorrow.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "The woman's personal identity is a vast undiscovered country -- with which Society has yet to acquaint itself, and by which it is yet to be revolutionized."

The woman's personal identity is a vast undiscovered country -- with which Society has yet to acquaint itself, and by which it is yet to be revolutionized.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "Life is moral responsibility."

Life is moral responsibility.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "Truth, like climate, is common property."

Truth, like climate, is common property.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "Superior music is purity itself; it clears the air."

Superior music is purity itself; it clears the air.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "Imagination is built upon knowledge."

Imagination is built upon knowledge.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "... to work, to work hard, to see work steadily, and see it whole, was the way to be reputable. I think I always respected a goodblacksmith more than a lady of leisure."

... to work, to work hard, to see work steadily, and see it whole, was the way to be reputable. I think I always respected a goodblacksmith more than a lady of leisure.



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 motion of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason."

What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motion of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "What an immense power over life is the power of possessing distinct aims."

What an immense power over life is the power of possessing distinct aims.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life whether the case be one of coolish baked beans or an unrequited affection."

The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life whether the case be one of coolish baked beans or an unrequited affection.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "It is not the straining for great things that is most effective it is the doing the little things the common duties a little better and better."

It is not the straining for great things that is most effective it is the doing the little things the common duties a little better and better.



Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Quotes: "Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment or it will run to weeds."

Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment or it will run to weeds.