No first step can be really great; it must of necessity possess more of prophecy than of achievement; nevertheless it is by the first step that a man marks the value, not only of his cause, but of himself.
Failure may be cruel, but success is crueller still. The gods are usurers, you know; they lend to mortals, but they exact a desperate interest. - Katherine Cecil Thurston
Failure may be cruel, but success is crueller still. The gods are usurers, you know; they lend to mortals, but they exact a desperate interest.
- Katherine Cecil Thurston
We have all of us the two natures - the brother and the sister! Not one of us is quite woman - not one of us is all man! - Katherine Cecil Thurston
We have all of us the two natures - the brother and the sister! Not one of us is quite woman - not one of us is all man!
Cynicism ... is the trade-mark of failure. - Katherine Cecil Thurston
Cynicism ... is the trade-mark of failure.
To give! To give without hope of recompense, without question, without fear! That was the message of life. - Katherine Cecil Thurston
To give! To give without hope of recompense, without question, without fear! That was the message of life.
in this curious world there are certain beings to whom it is given to say of all things with naïve faith, not 'I shall seek,' but 'I shall find. - Katherine Cecil Thurston
in this curious world there are certain beings to whom it is given to say of all things with naïve faith, not 'I shall seek,' but 'I shall find.
The saddest human experience is to view alone the scenes one has viewed through other eyes - to walk solitary where one has walked in company - to ha… - Katherine Cecil Thurston
The saddest human experience is to view alone the scenes one has viewed through other eyes - to walk solitary where one has walked in company - to ha…
Nobody is such an individualist as the man who advocates equality. - Katherine Cecil Thurston
Nobody is such an individualist as the man who advocates equality.
No weapons are more potent than brevity and simplicity. - Katherine Cecil Thurston
No weapons are more potent than brevity and simplicity.
Journeys end in lovers' meeting.' ... But the real journey - the journey of adventure itself - is frequently another matter: often gray, often loverl… - Katherine Cecil Thurston
Journeys end in lovers' meeting.' ... But the real journey - the journey of adventure itself - is frequently another matter: often gray, often loverl…
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