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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Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

A little integrity is better than any career

A little integrity is better than any career

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

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...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat...

The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat...

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than material force, that thoughts...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than material force, that thoughts...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

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...