Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Doing Your Best Quotes, Originality Quotes

All promise outruns performance.

All promise outruns performance.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

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...

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

We change, whether we like it or not

We change, whether we like it or not

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the...

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the...

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

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...

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

The greatest man in history was the poorest

The greatest man in history was the poorest

If everything else fails, read the instructions

If everything else fails, read the instructions

A man is a God in ruins

A man is a God in ruins

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination to follow their own dreams will often...

People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination to follow their own dreams will often...

It's time for change in America

It's time for change in America

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an...

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an...

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith

Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision...

Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision...