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Resignation: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

I see my reputation is at stake: My fame is shrewdly gor'd.— Shakespeare — Troilus and Cressida. Act III. Sc. 3. L. 227.

I would to God thou and I knew where a commodity of good names were to be bought.— Shakespeare — Henry IV. Pt. I. Act I. Sc. 2. L. 92.

O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.— Shakespeare — Othello. Act II. Sc. 3. L. 262.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.— Shakespeare — Othello. Act II. Sc. 3. L. 268.

The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation; that away, Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.— Shakespeare — S. Richard II. Act I. Sc. 1. L. 177.

Thy death-bed is no lesser than thy land Wherein thou liest in reputation sick.— Shakespeare — Richard II. Act II. Sc. 1. L. 95.

Convey a libel in a frown, And wink a reputation down! и.— SWIFT — Journal of a Modern Lady. L. 185.

Sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.— BRYANT — Thanatopsis. L. 78.

Here's a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate; And whatever sky's above me, Here's a heart for every fate.— BYRON — To Thomas Moore. St. 2.

To be resign'd when ills betide, Patient when favours are denied, And pleased with favours given ;- Dear Chloe, this is wisdom's part; This is that incense of the heart Whose fragrance smells to heaven.— NATHANIEL COTTON — The Fireside. St. 11.

Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor; And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.— COWPER — The Task. Bk. V. Last lines.

Dare to look up to God and say, Deal with me in the future as Thou wilt; I am of the same mind as Thou art; I am Thine; I refuse nothing that pleases Thee; lead me where Thou wilt; clothe me in any dress Thou choosest.— EPICTETUS — Discourses. Bk. II. Ch. XVI.

Bends to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.— GOLDSMITH — Deserted Village. L. 110.

To-morrow! the mysterious, unknown guest, Who cries to me: "Remember Barmecide, And tremble to be happy with the rest." And I make answer: "I am satisfied; I dare not ask; I know not what is best; God hath already said what shall betide."— LONGFELLOW — To-Morrow.

To will what God doth will, that is the only science That gives us any rest.— MALHERBE — Consolation. St. 7.

Longfellow's trans. That's best Which God sends. 'Twas His will: it is mine. OWEN MEREDITH (Lord Lytton)- Lucile. Pt. II. Canto VI. St. 29. The pious farmer, who ne'er misses pray'rs, With patience suffers unexpected rain; He blesses Heav'n for what its bounty spares, And sèes, resign'd, a crop of blighted grain. But, spite of sermons, farmers would blaspheme, If a star fell to set their thatch on flame.— LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGUE

Poem written Oct., 1736. Man yields to death; and man's sublimest works Must yield at length to Time.— THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK — Time. L. 65.

Thus ready for the way of life or death, I wait the sharpest blow.— Shakespeare — Pericles. Act I. Sc. 1. L. 54.

What's gone and what's past help Should be past grief.— Shakespeare — Winter's Tale. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 223.

It seem'd so hard at first, mother, to leave the blessed sun, And now it seems as hard to stay-and yet His will be done! But still I think it can't be long before I find release; And that good man, the clergyman, has told me words of peace.— TENNYSON — The May-Queen. Conclusion. St. 3.

Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum. Believe that each day which shines upon you is the last.— HORACE — Epistolæ. I. 4. 13.

Summam nec metuas diem, nec optes. You should neither fear nor wish for your last day.— MARTIAL — Epigrammata. X. 47. 13.

Placato possum non miser esse deo. If God be appeased, I can not be wretched.— OVID — Tristium. III. 40.

Placeat homini quidquid deo placuit. Let that please man which has pleased God.— SENECA — Epistolæ Ad Lucilium.