Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected

We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected

What you are comes to you.

What you are comes to you.

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Every man is a channel through which heaven floweth

Every man is a channel through which heaven floweth

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

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.

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking...

If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking...