I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.

Florence Nightingale

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Topic

Buck stops here Success Excuses Personal responsibility

Speaker

Florence Nightingale

Source

Letters of Florence Nightingale

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Social reformer Nurse

From

Italy Europe

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Citation

Nightingale, Florence. Letter to Miss H. Bonham Carter. 1861.

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Another quote from the 1860s

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting.

Walt Whitman

O Captain! My Captain!

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Topic
Abraham Lincoln American Civil War

Author

Walt Whitman
Source
O Captain! My Captain!
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1865 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Whitman, Walt. "My Captain." The Saturday Press, 4 Nov. 1865.

Current Citation

Whitman, Walt. "O Captain! My Captain!" Leaves of Grass and Other Writings. W. W. Norton & Company, 2002, I. 1.

Another quote about Success

I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

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Topic
Success and failure Success Failure
Speaker
Michael Jordan
Medium
TV commercial
Language
English
Time
1997 1990s 20th century
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Citation

"Failure." Directed by Mark Romanek. Performed by Michael Jordan. Nike, May 1997.

Another quote from 1861

Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other; but the different parts of our country cannot do this. They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them.

Abraham Lincoln

First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln

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Topic
Political division
Speaker
Abraham Lincoln
Source
First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln Presidential inaugural address
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1861 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1861, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugral Address, March 4, 1861." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.