Quotes by Irving, Washington

Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but th >>

Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every >>

The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection >>

Quotations about Adversity

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity >>

We say, sorrow, disaster, calamity. God says, chastening and it sound >>

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bea >>

There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

Irving, Washington