Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Confidence Quotes

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

All men in the abstract are just and good

All men in the abstract are just and good

A little integrity is better than any career

A little integrity is better than any career

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

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

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

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice)...

Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice)...

In the heat of a political lifetime, Ronald Reagan innocently squirrels away tidbits of misinformation...

In the heat of a political lifetime, Ronald Reagan innocently squirrels away tidbits of misinformation...