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

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and...

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and...

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

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...

Beauty without expression is boring.

Beauty without expression is boring.

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.

Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.

Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.

Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

For men are prone to go it blind along the calf-paths of the mind To...

For men are prone to go it blind along the calf-paths of the mind To...