There is but one pride ...

There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action.
There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action.
 Samuel Richardson

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
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 Robert Schuller
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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Quotes from the same author

Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.
 Samuel Richardson
Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.
 Samuel Richardson
Why Do We Procrastinate? P - postponing life R - resisting change O - overly cautious C - contemplating course of action R - reasoning and justifying A - afraid of success S - summoning up some courage T - trouble moving forward I - inability to see the outcome N - not able to trust in your abilities to make decisions A - attempting to control the situation T - time to reflect on your motives E - erodes progress
 Samuel Richardson
A feeling heart is a blessing that no one, who has it, would be without; and it is a moral security of innocence; since the heart that is able to partake of the distress of another, cannot wilfully give it.
 Samuel Richardson
It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept.
 Samuel Richardson