Common Hour Quotes

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate,
Can circumvent or hinder or control
The firm resolve of a determined soul.
Gifts count for nothing; will alone is great;
All things give way before it soon or late.
What obstacle can stay the mighty force
Of the sea seeking river in its course,
Or cause the ascending orb or day to wait?
(Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Maurine: And other Poems, 1888, p. 145)