“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
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.
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”
— 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.”
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“For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done for ever.”
— Henry David Thoreau Primary source“A Truth thats told with bad intent
Beats all the Lies you can invent.”
“I loved you when I saw you today and I loved you always but I never saw you before.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Do not do that which you would not have known.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source