It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of...

Congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of...

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be little.

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to...

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to...

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an...

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an...

The advice I am giving always to all my students is above all to study...

The advice I am giving always to all my students is above all to study...