Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows why will…

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

The pleasure of life is according to the man who lives it, and not according...

The pleasure of life is according to the man who lives it, and not according...

Society is a hospital of incurables.

Society is a hospital of incurables.

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the...

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the...

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.

There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.

All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners... Looking for new skills, insights,...

All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners... Looking for new skills, insights,...