Ralph Waldo Emerson

The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the
world, is the highest applause.

The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the
world, is the highest applause.

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Born for success, he seemed
With grace to win, with heart to hold,
With shining gifts that read more

Born for success, he seemed
With grace to win, with heart to hold,
With shining gifts that took all eyes.

With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. . . .
Speak what you think to-day in read more

With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. . . .
Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and
to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though
it contradict everything you said to-day.