A Mother's Book of Traditional Household Skills Quotes

“An ordinary intellect will, by industry and perseverance, often accomplish more than a much superior one, deficient in energy and the power of endurance.”
― L. G. Abell, A Mother's Book of Traditional Household Skills

“The deepest wretchedness often results from a perpetual continuation of petty trials.”
― L. G. Abell, A Mother's Book of Traditional Household Skills

“You know not what you are capable of doing; you cannot sound the ocean of thought within you. You must labor, keep at it, and dig deep and long before you will begin to realize much. Be inactive - mourn because you were not created a giant in intellect, and you will die a fool.”
― L. G. Abell, A Mother's Book of Traditional Household Skills

“A more glorious victory cannot be gained over another than this, that when the injury began on his part, the kindness begins on ours.”
― L. G. Abell, A Mother's Book of Traditional Household Skills

“It is not because things are difficult that we dare not undertake them. Be then bold in spirit. Indulge no doubts, for doubts are traitors.”
― L. G. Abell, A Mother's Book of Traditional Household Skills