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Muriel Strode
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“I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail.”
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“I may not overcome the inevitable, but O, it is mine to see that the inevitable does not overcome me.”
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“I will not ask that you nor you shall teach my soul the way, but I will trust my soul.”
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“I will not ask that you nor you approve. The wild thyme is itself nor asks consent of rose nor reed.”
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“Think not because the chrysalis struggles that it is in need of you. Oh! I pray you, stay your eager hands, lest you despoil its silver wings.”
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“And when I pray my prayer of thankfulness, it shall be that I had only poverty to overcome. I have seen him who must overcome wealth.”
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“O God, let me not say, 'Thine the power, glory be to God!' whilst thou dost, waiting, listen for me to say, 'Mine the power, glory be to God!'”
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“I may be helpless to change your attitude toward me, but I am not helpless to disregard it.”
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“Who thinks he will fail — will probably fail. Who believe that dreams are only dreams — will probably find it so. Who doubts himself — will achieve only such results as will confirm it.”
Muriel Strode, U.S. poet, writer
(1875 - 1930)