Quote by Thornton Wilder
Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success. – Thornton Wilder

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Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday. – Thornton Wilder

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The test of an adventure is that when youre in the middle of it, you say to yourself, Oh, now Ive got myself into an awful mess; I wish I were sitting quietly at home. And the sign that somethings wrong with you is when you sit quietly at home wishing you were out having lots of adventure. – Thornton Wilder

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When youre safe at home you wish you were having an adventure when youre having an adventure you wish you were safe at home. – Thornton Wilder

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Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats. – Amos Bronson Alcott

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Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. – Mary Kay Ash

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The moral flabbiness born of the bitch-goddess SUCCESS. That — with the squalid interpretation put on the word success — is our national disease. – William James, 1906 September 11th

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It was so draining. Going to parties to rub elbows with so-and-so and act like its no big deal, when really all I was doing was hoping Id have the success they had. – Katy Perry

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