Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Doing Your Best Quotes, Originality Quotes

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in...

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in...

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

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

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

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals....

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals....

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

I chased a girl for two years only to discover that her tastes were exactly...

I chased a girl for two years only to discover that her tastes were exactly...

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.