There is a passion for perfection which you rarely see fully developed but you may note this fact that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.

Bliss Carman
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More Quotes By Bliss Carman
  1. THERE is something in the autumn that is native to my blood– Touch of manner, hint of mood; And my heart is like a rhyme, With the yellow and the purple and the crimson keeping time.

  2. On the shining yards of heaven See a wider dawn unfurled.. .. The eternal slaves of beauty Are the masters of the world.

  3. Whether it be to failure or success the first need of being is endurance -to endure with gladness if we can with fortitude in any event.

  4. There is a passion for perfection which you rarely see fully developed but... in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.

  5. I took a day to search for God And found Him not. But as I trod By rocky ledge through woods untamed Just where one scarlet lily flamed I saw His foot print in the sod.

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