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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Self-trust is the essence of heroism

Self-trust is the essence of heroism

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...

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

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

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

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

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.

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

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...

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining...

Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining...

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their...

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their...

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might...

You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might...