“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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.
“The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The law of nature is, do the thing, and you shall have the power: but they who do not the thing have not the power.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”
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“Money and good manners make the gentleman.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.”
— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“Grief too will make us idealists.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Success is the most convincing talker in the world.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Disputed