No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Self Reliance Quotes

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

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.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

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.

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

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...

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Books are for nothing but to inspire

Books are for nothing but to inspire

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

Music is what feelings sound like.

Music is what feelings sound like.