If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Individuality Quotes, Influence Quotes, Integrity Quotes, Intuition Quotes

The ancestor of every action is a thought

The ancestor of every action is a thought

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

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

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

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion...

Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat...

The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat...

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

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

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

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

When the satisfaction or security of another person becomes as important to one as one's...

When the satisfaction or security of another person becomes as important to one as one's...

Heaven give you many, many merry days! - from The Merry Wives of Windsor

Heaven give you many, many merry days! - from The Merry Wives of Windsor

Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them...

Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them...