All promise outruns performance.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

The less government we have the better.

The less government we have the better.

The ancestor of every action is a thought

The ancestor of every action is a thought

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession...

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession...

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

We all boil at different degrees

We all boil at different degrees

People ask me all the time, 'What are you, a Democrat or a Republican? A...

People ask me all the time, 'What are you, a Democrat or a Republican? A...

You may say Im a dreamer, But Im not the only one. I hope some...

You may say Im a dreamer, But Im not the only one. I hope some...