The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Mind Quotes

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not...

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not...

America is another name for opportunity

America is another name for opportunity

The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.

Do your work, but do your thing.

Do your work, but do your thing.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

All mankind love a lover.

All mankind love a lover.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have...

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have...

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the...

Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the...

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like...

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like...

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.