George Eliot Quote

The blessed work of helping the world forward, happily does not wait to be done by perfect men.


"Janet's Repentance" Ch. 10 in Scenes of Clerical Life (1858); this has appeared in paraphrased form as: "The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men."


The blessed work of helping the world forward, happily does not wait to be done by perfect men.

The blessed work of helping the world forward, happily does not wait to be done by perfect men.

The blessed work of helping the world forward, happily does not wait to be done by perfect men.

The blessed work of helping the world forward, happily does not wait to be done by perfect men.