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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Conformity Quotes, Individuality Quotes

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation

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

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

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

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...

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

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

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

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...

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.

Books are for nothing but to inspire

Books are for nothing but to inspire

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and...

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind;...

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind;...

Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do...

Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do...