Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

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

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

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...

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

Revolutions go not backward.

Revolutions go not backward.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

In all affairs, love, religion, politics, or business, it's a healthy idea, now and then,...

In all affairs, love, religion, politics, or business, it's a healthy idea, now and then,...