We are never satisfied with ...

We are never satisfied with having done well; and in endeavoring to do better, we do much worse.
We are never satisfied with having done well; and in endeavoring to do better, we do much worse.
 Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
 Robert Schuller
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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We like so much to hear people talk of us and of our motives, that we are charmed even when they abuse us.
 Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
there are some people who never acknowledge themselves in the wrong; God help them!
 Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
It is freezing fit to split a stone.
 Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
True friendship is never serene.
 Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
Oh Dear! How unfortunate I am not to have anyone to weep with!
 Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne