People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy,...

In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy,...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Self-trust is the essence of heroism

Self-trust is the essence of heroism

America is another name for opportunity

America is another name for opportunity

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well...

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well...

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

Society is a hospital of incurables.

Society is a hospital of incurables.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

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...

Living means constantly growing closer to death. Satisfaction only temporarily relieves hunger. Find the balance,...

Living means constantly growing closer to death. Satisfaction only temporarily relieves hunger. Find the balance,...

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...