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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Thought is action in rehearsal

Thought is action in rehearsal

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for...

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.

Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood

Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood

You, men of England, who have no right to this Kingdom of France, the King...

You, men of England, who have no right to this Kingdom of France, the King...