Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

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;...

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Thought is action in rehearsal

Thought is action in rehearsal

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

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

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

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...

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well...

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well...

Language is the archives of history

Language is the archives of history

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration...

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration...

We change, whether we like it or not.

We change, whether we like it or not.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Time goes by fast, and people go in and out of your life so quickly,...

Time goes by fast, and people go in and out of your life so quickly,...

The only thing more shocking than the truth are the lies people tell to cover...

The only thing more shocking than the truth are the lies people tell to cover...

Home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are...

Home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are...

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...