So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect, that the path of each man's genius contracts itself to a very few hours.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being

If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Power is, in nature, the essential measure of right. Nature suffers nothing to remain in...

Power is, in nature, the essential measure of right. Nature suffers nothing to remain in...

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation

The years teach much which the days never knew.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

A nation never falls but by suicide

A nation never falls but by suicide

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

Imitation is suicide

Imitation is suicide

The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for...

The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for...

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Don't limit your challenges; challenge your limits.

Don't limit your challenges; challenge your limits.

I like playing in Italy. It was a challenge I wanted since very early in...

I like playing in Italy. It was a challenge I wanted since very early in...

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best thing, and no good thing ever dies

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best thing, and no good thing ever dies