Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

Self-trust is the first secret of success

Self-trust is the first secret of success

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Between stimulus and response is our greatest power - the freedom to choose

Between stimulus and response is our greatest power - the freedom to choose

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

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

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Nothing more cheerful than talking about our friends shortcomings.

Nothing more cheerful than talking about our friends shortcomings.

Friendship is a very simple word, very commonly used. The word friend is almost used...

Friendship is a very simple word, very commonly used. The word friend is almost used...