"Every great achievement is the victory of..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?”

“He that writes to himself writes to an eternal public.”

“Every man I meet is in some way my superior...”

“You must never name the goal. You must never tell us the target you're hitting for. You must automatically go toward it without ever naming it.”

“Now I know that patience and time can do more than even strength and passion. The years of frustration are ready to be harvested. All that I have managed to accomplish, and all that I hope to accomplish, has been and will be by that plodding, patient, persevering process which builds the ant heap, particle by particle, thought by thought, step by step.”

“In this great country, we celebrate success. We don't want to penalize those who have done well.”

“Love what you do and do what you love.”

“It’s the same thing. Passion is passion. It’s the excitement between the tedious spaces, and it doesn’t matter where it’s directed.”

““It is not everyone,” said Elinor, “who has your passion for dead leaves.””