In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of...

Congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of...

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

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 day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

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

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

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...

We are wiser than we know.

We are wiser than we know.

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

Do your work, but do your thing.

Do your work, but do your thing.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

Self-trust is the essence of heroism

Self-trust is the essence of heroism

Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few...

Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few...

An official man is always an official man, and he has a wild belief in...

An official man is always an official man, and he has a wild belief in...