Quote by George Eliot
But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness o

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. – George Eliot

Other quotes by George Eliot

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds — not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them as a ladder, but — a hatred of all injury. – George Eliot

Category:
Hurt, Injury
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We must not sit still and look for miracles up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything. – George Eliot

Category:
Faith
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Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends? – George Eliot

Category:
Fight, Fighting
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Other Quotes from
Hope
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I just hope that I continue to keep a line between my private life and who I play, even if they are closely intertwined, and so Im careful. I dont even know where my line is, but I know I have a line. – Lena Dunham

Category:
Hope

When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope hes dead. – Judith Viorst

Category:
Hope

Journalists say a thing that they know isnt true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true. – Arnold Bennett

Category:
Hope

Beware how you take away hope from another human being. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Category:
Hope

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Thats a central part of philosophy, of ethics. What do I owe to strangers? What do I owe to my family? What is it to live a good life? Those are questions which we face as individuals. – Peter Singer

Category:
Family

Its nice to know that people appreciate and respect you. – Marcel Carne

Category:
respect

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. – Khalil Gibran

Category:
Friendship

One side of the American psyche wants smaller government, lower taxes, and more choices for individuals, even if those choices increase risk. The other wants a strong social safety net to protect the weakest among us, even if it costs more to minimize risk. – Ron Fournier

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Government