Irving, Washington (Washington Irving)

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.
-- Washington Irving

There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others, however humble.
-- Washington Irving

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.
-- Washington Irving

Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
-- Washington Irving

The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.
-- Washington Irving

There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place.
-- Washington Irving

Society is like a lawn where every roughness is smoothed, every bramble eradicated, and where the eye is delighted by the smiling verdure of a velvet surface.
-- Washington Irving

One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
-- Washington Irving

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
-- Washington Irving

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