Reaching toward perfection in any one thing should lift us higher in all things; it should beget a habit of application and thoroughness.
Julia McNair WrightWhat! nothing grand and noble to be admired, obeyed, copied? Ah, the lack is not without you, but within you!
Julia McNair Wrightthe less you respect, the less respectable you are; the less you honor, the less in you is to be honored. There are those 'whom not to know argues one's self unknown,' so if you have no reverence in a world where there is so much that is noble and venerable, then there will be something terrible lacking in your own character.
Julia McNair Wright