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

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their...

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their...

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Language is the archives of history

Language is the archives of history

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

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...

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and...

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and...

Art is the path of the creator to his work

Art is the path of the creator to his work

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

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

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

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.