"When private men shall act with original..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Character wants room; must not be crowded on by persons, nor be judged from glimpses got in the press of affairs, or on few occasions. It needs perspective, as a great building.”

“It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once a poem.”

“Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the shooting of the gulf, in the darting to an aim.”

“Every subject's duty is the Kings, but every subject's soul is his own.”

“The one who walks alone, is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.”

“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. And unselfishness is letting other people's lives alone, not interfering with them. Selfishness always aims at uniformity of type. Unselfishness recognizes infinite variety of type as a delightful thing, accepts it, acquiesces in it, enjoys it.”

“We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can, and would fain have the praise of having intended the result which ensues.”

“The most honest of men is the one who thinks and acts best, but the most powerful is the one who writes and speaks best.”

“When contemplating the pursuit of a dream or the start of a new venture, too many people are hesitant to begin because they can't comprehend the entire journey. If that's where you find yourself right now, don't expect to understand what it takes to get to the top. Just take the next step. There's no shame in starting small; in fact, if you don't start small, you'll probably never start at all.”