Do the thing and you will be given the power

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We must be our own before we can be another's.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

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

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

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck,...

As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck,...

The years teach much which the days never knew.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

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.

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

The wicked can have only accomplices, the voluptuous have companions in debauchery, self-seekers have associates,...

The wicked can have only accomplices, the voluptuous have companions in debauchery, self-seekers have associates,...

I love you smile at me, I love the way your hands reach out and...

I love you smile at me, I love the way your hands reach out and...