Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: American Dream Quotes

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals....

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals....

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...

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it

God enters by a private door into every individual.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

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.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with...

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with...

I hate liberality - nine times out of ten it is cowardice, and the tenth...

I hate liberality - nine times out of ten it is cowardice, and the tenth...

To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up....

To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up....