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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on...

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on...

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

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

Beauty without expression is boring.

Beauty without expression is boring.

All mankind loves a lover.

All mankind loves a lover.

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

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...

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in...

Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in...

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Imagination is not the talent of some men, but is the health of every man

Imagination is not the talent of some men, but is the health of every man

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

To dream anything that you want to dream. That's the beauty of the human mind....

To dream anything that you want to dream. That's the beauty of the human mind....

If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die

If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die