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

Florence Nightingale

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Topic

Buck stops here Success Excuses Personal responsibility

Speaker

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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Another quote from the 1860s

The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one's eyes.

George Sand

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Topic
Paying attention Observation

Author

George Sand
Language
French
Time
1869 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Sand, George. Letter to Madame Juliette Lamber. 7 Apr. 1868.

Another quote about Success

Success is relative:
It is what we can make of the mess we have
made of things.

T.S. Eliot

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Topic
Success
Speaker
Agatha

Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
The Family Reunion
Medium
Play
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Eliot, T. S. The Family Reunion. Performed by Michael Redgrave, Helen Haye, and Catherine Lacey. 1939, Westminster Theatre, London, England, UK, pt. 2, sc. 3.

Another quote from 1861

It is a very great thing to be able to think as you like; but, after all, an important question remains: what you think.

Matthew Arnold

Democracy

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Topic
Freedom of thought Thoughts

Author

Matthew Arnold
Source
Democracy
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1861 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "Democracy." The Popular Education of France: With Notices of that of Holland and Switzerland. Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861.

Current Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "Democracy." Culture and Anarchy and Other Selected Prose. Penguin Classics, 2015.