None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

Do your work, but do your thing.

Do your work, but do your thing.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

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...

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...

Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

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

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

The pleasure of life is according to the man who lives it, and not according...

The pleasure of life is according to the man who lives it, and not according...

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...

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

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

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

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

Strength is a matter of a made up mind.

Strength is a matter of a made up mind.