Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

Men are what their mothers made them.

Men are what their mothers made them.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

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

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

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the...

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the...

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Even miracles take a little time

Even miracles take a little time

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

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...

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Power and speed be hands and feet.