I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.

Florence Nightingale

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Buck stops here Success Excuses Personal responsibility

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Florence Nightingale

Source

Letters of Florence Nightingale

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Social reformer Nurse

From

Italy Europe

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Citation

Nightingale, Florence. Letter to Miss H. Bonham Carter. 1861.

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So true is it that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural. The subjection of women to men being a universal custom, any departure from it quite naturally appears unnatural.

John Stuart Mill

The Subjection of Women

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Oppression of women Custom and convention

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John Stuart Mill
Source
The Subjection of Women
Medium
Essay
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1869 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Mill, John Stuart. The Subjection of Women. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "The Subjection of Women." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 1.

Another quote about Success

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

Henry David Thoreau

Walden

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Following your dreams Taking risks Courage Success

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Henry David Thoreau
Source
Conclusion Walden
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
English
Time
1854 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Conclusion." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

Current Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Conclusion." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.

Another quote from 1861

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.

Abraham Lincoln

First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln

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Political division American Civil War American politics
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Abraham Lincoln
Source
First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln Presidential inaugural address
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1861 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1861, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugral Address, March 4, 1861." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.