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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Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Thought is action in rehearsal

Thought is action in rehearsal

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

What you are comes to you.

What you are comes to you.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

Fear always springs from ignorance

Fear always springs from ignorance

Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it...

Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it...

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be little.