“Endure the hardships of your present state,
Live, and reserve yourselves for better fate.”

—  John Dryden

Aeneis, Book I, lines 289–290.
The Works of Virgil (1697)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Endure the hardships of your present state, Live, and reserve yourselves for better fate." by John Dryden?
John Dryden photo
John Dryden196
English poet and playwright of the XVIIth century 1631–1700

Related quotes

“Even cowards can endure hardship; only the brave can endure suspense.”

Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist

The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified

Thich Nhat Hanh photo

“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

Source: Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

“Live your life, dont endure it”

Kate Atkinson

Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon photo

“Surrender yourselves then to be led and disposed of just as God pleases, with respect both to your outward and inward state.”

Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon (1648–1717) French mystic

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 542.

Louisa May Alcott photo

“The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.”

Louisa May Alcott book Jo's Boys

Source: Jo's Boys

Edward Bulwer-Lytton photo

“In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves
For a bright manhood, there is no such word
As "fail."”

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Richelieu

Act iii, Scene i.
Richelieu (1839)

Homér photo

“The Fates have given mortals hearts that can endure.”

Homér Iliad

XXIV. 49 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)

James Hudson Taylor photo

“Let there be no reservation; give yourselves up fully and wholly to Him whose you are and whom you wish to serve in this work; and then there can be no disappointment.”

James Hudson Taylor (1832–1905) Missionary in China

(A.J. Broomhall. Hudson Taylor and China’s Open Century, Book Four: Survivors’ Pact. London: Hodder and Stoughton and Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1984, 358).

Rachel Carson photo

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”

Rachel Carson (1907–1964) American marine biologist and conservationist

Source: The Sense of Wonder (1965)
Context: Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. Whatever the vexations or concerns of their personal lives, their thoughts can find paths that lead to inner contentment and to renewed excitement in living. Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.

Michelle Obama photo

“He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed.”

Michelle Obama (1964) lawyer, writer, wife of Barack Obama and former First Lady of the United States

Campaign rally at UCLA, quoted in &quot;It’s All About Him&quot; by William Kristol in The New York Times (25 February 2008) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/opinion/25kristol.html?ref=opinion <br class="br">2000s

Related topics