America is another name for opportunity.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the...

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the...

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and...

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and...

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

All life is an experiment.

All life is an experiment.

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in...

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in...

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

Our best thoughts come from others.

Our best thoughts come from others.

The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the...

The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the...

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

The liturgy, like the feast, exists not to educate but to seduce people into participating...

The liturgy, like the feast, exists not to educate but to seduce people into participating...

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame;...

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame;...