Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it's done right.

Quote by Walt Whitman

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Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in...

Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in...

The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything.

The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain...

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain...

Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?

Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?

Camerado, I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money,...

Camerado, I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money,...

Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to...

Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to...

Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having...

Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having...

The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or...

The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or...

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his...

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his...

I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several...

I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several...

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...

The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know...

The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know...

To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.

To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.

The real war will never get in the books.

The real war will never get in the books.

The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a...

The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a...

It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in...

It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in...

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.