Edward Everett Hale (1822–1909) was an American author, historian and Unitarian minister. Hale was born on April 3, 1822, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Nathan Hale, proprietor and editor of the Boston Daily Advertiser, and the brother of Lucretia Peabody Hale, Susan Hale, and Charles Hale. Edward Hale was the nephew of Edward Everett, the orator and statesman, while his father was the nephew of Nathan Hale, the war hero who was executed by the British for espionage during the Revolutionary War. He was also a descendant of Richard Everett and related to Helen Keller.
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I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything; but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
—Edward Everett Hale
Topics: Acceptance, Realization, Helping, Realistic Expectations, Doing Your Best, Action, Responsibility, Self-Discovery, One Step at a Time
Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand!
—Edward Everett Hale
Topics: Kindness, Helpfulness
Do you pray for the Senators, Dr. Hale? someone asked the chaplain. No, I look at the Senators and pray for the country.
—Edward Everett Hale
Look up and not down;Look forward and not back;Look out and not in;Lend a Hand.
—Edward Everett Hale
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