This quote is commonly attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The years teach much which the days never know.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.”
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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Disputed“I have never felt that anything really mattered but the satisfaction of knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed, and had done the very best you could.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Primary source“He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“When you’re good to others, you are best to yourself.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source