Quote #2570
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
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Part of the power of Emerson’s individualism is his insistence, at crucial moments, that...
Quote #8979
Whatever you fear most has no power – it is your fear that has...
Quote #478
I was raised almost entirely on turnips and potatoes, but I think that the...
Quote #13596
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is...
Quote #22241
The need to be right — the sign of a vulgar mind.
Quote #18072
If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The...
Quote #21290
Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the...
Quote #8661
A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan...
Quote #26286
I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.