America is another name for opportunity

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy

Men are what their mothers made them.

Men are what their mothers made them.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining...

Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining...

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

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...

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

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.

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...

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

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...

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.