Obedience alone gives the right to command

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

We all boil at different degrees

We all boil at different degrees

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...