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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Self Reliance Quotes

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

Spiritual force is stronger than material force; thoughts rule the world.

Spiritual force is stronger than material force; thoughts rule the world.

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

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...

A man is a God in ruins

A man is a God in ruins

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the...

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the...

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator,...

Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator,...

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...