Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow…

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Action Quotes, Courage Quotes

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy,...

In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy,...

Our best thoughts come from others.

Our best thoughts come from others.

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

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

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Culture, with us, ends in headache

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

No hero is immortal till he dies

No hero is immortal till he dies

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...