“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (unverified)
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 (verified)“In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“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 (verified)“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
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“Success is the most convincing talker in the world.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte (verified, secondary source)“Have you something to do tomorrow; do it today.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“The noblest question in the world is, what good may I do in it?”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Money and good manners make the gentleman.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)