In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

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

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

The art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in...

The art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in...

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

An empire is an immense egotism.

An empire is an immense egotism.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to

Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to

The genius of our institutions is democratic - baseball is a democratic game.

The genius of our institutions is democratic - baseball is a democratic game.