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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

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

The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of...

The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of...

Books are for nothing but to inspire

Books are for nothing but to inspire

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

The less government we have the better.

The less government we have the better.

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.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

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 a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

All men in the abstract are just and good

All men in the abstract are just and good

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in...

We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in...

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you...

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you...

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can ... As a peace-maker the...

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can ... As a peace-maker the...

The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to...

The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to...