Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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 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

Even miracles take a little time

Even miracles take a little time

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

America is another name for opportunity

America is another name for opportunity

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

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

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

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

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

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

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past.

This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past.