Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Doing Your Best Quotes, Originality Quotes

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Imagination is not the talent of some men, but is the health of every man

Imagination is not the talent of some men, but is the health of every man

You cannot see the mountain near

You cannot see the mountain near

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

A man is a God in ruins.

A man is a God in ruins.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a...

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a...

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power

Love is like wildflowers; It's often found in the most unlikely places.

Love is like wildflowers; It's often found in the most unlikely places.

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

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

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.

If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.