We convince by our presence.

Quote by Walt Whitman

Topics: Walt Whitman Quotes

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until...

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until...

I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good...

I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good...

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he...

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he...

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain...

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain...

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his...

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his...

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in...

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in...

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be...

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be...

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon...

Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon...

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

In the faces of men and women I see God

In the faces of men and women I see God

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't...

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't...

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with...

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with...

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in...

Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in...

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.