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