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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Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

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.

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men...

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

A man is related to all nature.

A man is related to all nature.

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

Beauty without expression is boring.

Beauty without expression is boring.

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Children are all foreigners.

Children are all foreigners.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration; the mirrors of the gigantic shadows which...

Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration; the mirrors of the gigantic shadows which...

The artist must raise the cup of his vision aloft to the gods in the...

The artist must raise the cup of his vision aloft to the gods in the...