Between stimulus and response is our greatest power - the freedom to choose

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Power Quotes

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

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...

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...

To be simple is to be great

To be simple is to be great

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

...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...

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

Imitation is suicide

Imitation is suicide

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

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.