"There is nothing to regret, either for..." - Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt
There is nothing to regret, either for those who go, or for those who stay behind — only an inheritance of good accomplishment to be lived up to by those who carry a loving memory in their hearts.
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“Success is not something that can be measured or worn on a watch or hung on a wall. It is not the esteem of colleagues, or the admiration of the community, or the appreciation of patients. Success is the certain knowledge that you have become yourself, the person you will meant to be from all time. That should be reward enough.”
“I found that almost everyone had something interesting to contribute to my education.”
“I have learned long ago to possess my soul in patience and accept the inevitable.”
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“The world leaves no track in space, and the greatest action of man no mark in the vast idea.”
“Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to accomplish his design;--and posterity seem to follow his steps as a train of clients.”
“It is said, no man can write but one book; and if a man have a defect, it is apt to leave its impression on all his performances.”
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“If the only significant history of human thought were to be written, it would have to be the history of its successive regrets and its impotences.”
“I just said what I said and it was wrong. Or it was taken wrong. And now it's all this.”
“How many times have your parents told you not to do things, and the next thing you know, you go do it? And you realized you shouldn't have done it.”