But are you sure you are not in the position of those conquerors whose triumphs have cost them too dear?
("Jane Eyre")
More Quotes from Charlotte Bronte:
Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.Charlotte Bronte
Mr. Rochester, I no more assign this fate to you than I grasp at it for myself. We were born to strive and endure - you as well as I: do so. You will forget me before I forget you.
Charlotte Bronte
He made me love him without looking at me
Charlotte Bronte
Flirting is a woman's trade, one must keep in practice.
Charlotte Bronte
I doubt if I have made the best use of all my calamities. Soft, amiable natures they would have refined to saintliness; of strong, evil spirits they would have made demons; as for me, I have only been a woe-struck and selfish woman.
Charlotte Bronte
I was tossed on a buoyant but unquiet sea, where billows of trouble rolled under surges of joy. I thought sometimes I saw beyond its wild waters a shore, sweet as the hills of Beulah; and now and then a freshening gale, wakened my hope, bore my spirit, triumphantly towards the bourne: but I could not reach it, even in fancy,--a counteracting breeze blew off land, and continually drove me back. Sense would resist delirium; judgment would warn passion
Charlotte Bronte
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
I had to skydive for the movie and I was terrified. Like everybody, I thought it was going to be one of those experiences that changes your life. It didn't.Yancy Butler
Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't heaven, so don't expect it to be.
Max Lucado
I don't like hawking 'round other people's memories. That wasn't part of the deal when I was born.
Hugo Pratt