Necessity does everything well.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is...

Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is...

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

As soon as there is life, there is danger

As soon as there is life, there is danger

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

A nation never falls but by suicide

A nation never falls but by suicide

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

All glory comes from daring to begin.

All glory comes from daring to begin.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory

There is no road of flowers leading to glory

I don't know what it takes to make marriage work, but I'm going to keep...

I don't know what it takes to make marriage work, but I'm going to keep...

Those who believe they can do something and those who believe they can't are both...

Those who believe they can do something and those who believe they can't are both...