“Let me assure my countrymen of the Southern States that it is my earnest desire to regard and promote their truest interest - the interests of the white and of the colored people both and equally and to put forth my best efforts in behalf of a civil policy which will forever wipe out in our political affairs the color line and the distinction between North and South, to the end that we may have not merely a united North or a united South, but a united country.” PeopleMayEndsCountryStatesPoliticalDesireInterestLinesWhiteUnitedEffortForeverPolicyColorLet MeRegardSouthAffairDistinctionSouthernBehalfEarnestWipeTruestCountrymenBest EffortNorth And South Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“O Youth! flame earnest, still aspire, With energies immortal! To many a heaven of Desire, Our yearning opes a portal! And tho' Age wearies by the way, And hearts break in the furrow, We'll sow the golden grain Today-- The Harvest comes tomorrow.” WayHeartStillsAgeTodayDesireEnergyHeavenBreakYouthTomorrowGoldenFlamesImmortalYearningGrainAspireHarvestEarnestHeart BreakPortal Book:Poems Source: Poems
“Do you wish to become rich? You may become rich, that is, if you desire it in no half way, but thoroughly. A miser sacrifices all to his single passion; hoards farthings and dies possessed of wealth. Do you wish to master any science or accomplishment? Give yourself to it and it lies beneath your feet. Time and pains will do anything. This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world is truer still of the world to come.” IfsMenWorldWayGivingMayStillsPainLyingDesireDiesPassionGivenWishWealthHalfRichSacrificeFeetThis WorldHe ManMastersAccomplishmentPrizePossessedEarnestMisersEarnestnessHalf WayBecome Rich Book:Sermons Preached at Brighton Source: Sermons Preached at Brighton
“What earnest worker, with hand and brain for the benefit of his fellowmen, could desire a more pleasing recognition of his usefulness than the monument of a tree, ever growing, ever blooming, and ever bearing wholesome fruit?” HandsDesireBrainGrowingTreeBenefitsFruitWorkersRecognitionEarnestMonumentUsefulnessBlooming Author:Washington Irving
“His [the President's] earnest desire is, that you may perpetuated and preserved as a nation; and this he believes can only be doneand secured by your consent to remove to a country beyond the Mississippi.... Where you are, it is not possible you can live contented and happy.” BelieveMayCountryDesireNationsPresidentRemoveWhere You AreConsentEarnestMississippiSecured Author:Andrew Jackson