All promise outruns performance.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Self-trust is the first secret of success

Self-trust is the first secret of success

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

A man is related to all nature.

A man is related to all nature.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

Never read any book that is not a year old

Never read any book that is not a year old

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

You will never succeed in life if you try to hide your sins. Confess them...

You will never succeed in life if you try to hide your sins. Confess them...

If I can't get people to commit themselves on whether or not there is a...

If I can't get people to commit themselves on whether or not there is a...