Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts

We don't love qualities; we love a person; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as their qualities.

We don't love qualities; we love a person; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as their qualities.

Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.

Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.

What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, read more

What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, their industry.

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.

A child's hand in yours -- what tenderness and power it arouses. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom read more

A child's hand in yours -- what tenderness and power it arouses. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom and strength.

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less read more

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head.

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head.