“ What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice the dress the look the very motions of a person define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
“ Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
“ Success for a woman means absolute surrender, in whatever direction. Whether she paints a picture, or loves a man, there is no division of labor possible in her economy. To the attainment of any end w… Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
“ The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life whether the case be one of coolish baked beans or an unrequited affection. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
“ It is not the straining for great things that is most effective it is the doing the little things the common duties a little better and better. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
“ My wife and I said good-bye the next morning in a little sheltered place among the lumber on the wharf; she was one of your women who never like to do their crying before folks.She climbed on the pile… Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
“ They don't take the Bible as a general thing, sailors don't; though I will say that I never saw the man at sea who didn't give it the credit of being an uncommon good yarn.("Kentucky's Ghost") Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
