Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 114
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
We must be our own before we can be another's. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. Nelson Mandela South African Statesman More Nelson Mandela Quotes 13
Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. Khalil Gibran Poet More Khalil Gibran Quotes 8
How many husbands have I had? You mean apart from my own? Zsa Zsa Gabor Hungarian Actress More Zsa Zsa Gabor Quotes 8
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. Buddha Leader More Buddha Quotes 8
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. Franklin D. Roosevelt American President More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes 6
Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. Albert Einstein German Physicist More Albert Einstein Quotes 6
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. Dalai Lama Leader More Dalai Lama Quotes 6
God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal. Samuel Butler British Poet More Samuel Butler Quotes 5
If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success. Samuel Butler British Poet More Samuel Butler Quotes 5
Mothers send strips to daughters to make a point. Daughters smack strips down on the breakfast table to make a point. My own mom sometimes cuts a strip out and sends it to me to make sure I understand her. Cathy Guisewite American Cartoonist More Cathy Guisewite Quotes 5
Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him. Groucho Marx American Comedian More Groucho Marx Quotes 5
Mankind is made great or little by its own will. Friedrich Schiller German Dramatist More Friedrich Schiller Quotes 5
If you own a home with wheels on it and several cars without, you just might be a redneck. Jeff Foxworthy American Comedian More Jeff Foxworthy Quotes 4
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness. Aristotle Greek Philosopher More Aristotle Quotes 4
My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost. Richard Branson British Businessman More Richard Branson Quotes 4
We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work. Kevin Kelly American Editor More Kevin Kelly Quotes 4
A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction. Virginia Woolf British Author More Virginia Woolf Quotes 4