Every artist was first an amateur.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

Society is a hospital of incurables.

Society is a hospital of incurables.

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...

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

Power is, in nature, the essential measure of right. Nature suffers nothing to remain in...

Power is, in nature, the essential measure of right. Nature suffers nothing to remain in...

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

...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...

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...

Wherever there is power there is age.

Wherever there is power there is age.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found...

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found...

Necessity does the work of courage.

Necessity does the work of courage.

I try not to borrow, first you borrow then you beg.

I try not to borrow, first you borrow then you beg.