Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds—all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have.

About Edward Everett Hale

Edward Everett Hale (April 3, 1822 – June 10, 1909) was an American author, historian, and Unitarian minister, best known for his writings such as "The Man Without a Country", published in Atlantic Monthly, in support of the Union during the Civil War. He was the grand-nephew of Nathan Hale,...

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If you have accomplished all that you planned for yourself, you have not planned enough.

—Edward Everett Hale

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something, and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the one thing I can do.

—Edward Everett Hale

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Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds - all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have.