Inspirational Quotes by Walt Whitman

74 Inspirational quotes by Walt Whitman

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A field of rolling hills inspires the idea that we become part of the land we love. The verses urge us to discard insults to the soul and to seek simple, honest writing. They also compare music to a wake‑up call that stirs us from within.

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I hate commas in the wrong places.

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O amazement of things-even the least particle!

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I know perfectly well my own egotism.

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I am the man, I suffered, I was there.

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Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.

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I am not contain'd between my hat and boots.

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We convince by our presence.

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All truths wait in all things.

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I say you shall yet find the friend you were looking for.

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And if the body were not the soul, what is the soul?

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Charity and personal force are the only investments worth anything.

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Either define the moment or the moment will define you.

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I dote on myself. There is a lot of me and all so luscious.

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As soon as histories are properly told there is no more need of romances.

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How beggarly appear arguments before a defiant deed!

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My words itch at your ears till you understand them

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“The law of the past can't be eluded, The law of the present and future cannot be eluded, The law of the…

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I am too not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.

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In all people I see myself - none more, and not one a barleycorn less; And the good or bad I say…

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We arrange our lives-even the best and boldest men and women that exist, just as much as the most limited-with reference to…

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I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen, And accrue what I hear into myself...and let sound contribute…

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Are you the new person drawn toward me? To begin with, take warning, I am surely far different from what you suppose.

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“The pleasures of heaven are with me, and the pains of hell are with me, The first I graft and increase upon…

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“I do not ask who you are, that is not important to me, You can do nothing and be nothing but…

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Love the earth and sun and animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy,…

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“I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness. All seems beautiful to me. Whoever…

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“(I know, it's a poem but oh well). Why! who makes much of a miracle? As to me, I know of nothing…

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“Trippers and askers surround me, People I meet, the effect upon me of my early life or the ward and city I…

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Where the earth is, we are.

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Most works are most beautiful without ornament.

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Resist much, obey little.

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Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

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Me imperturbe, standing at ease in nature.

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I love doctors and hate their medicine.

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The best writing has no lace on its sleeves.

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I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear.

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Forsake all inhibitions, Pursue thy dreams.

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Whoever degrades another degrades me.

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I dance with the dancers.

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Strong and content I travel the open road.

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O lands! O all so dear to me - what you are, I become part of that, whatever it is.

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Comerado, this is no book,Who touches this, touches a man,(Is it night? Are we here alone?)It is I you hold, and who holds you,I…

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Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to…

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“it makes such difference where you read”

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Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of…

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Strange, (is it not?) that battles, martyrs, blood, even assassination should so condense - perhaps only really lastingly condense - a Nationality.

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I think I could always live with animals. The more you're around people, the more you love animals.

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“I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul, The pleasures of heaven are with me and the…

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So here I sit in the early candle-light of old age-I and my book-casting backward glances over out travel'd road.

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Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.

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This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up…

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Each of us inevitable; Each of us limitless-each of us with his or her right upon the earth.

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Silence? What can New York-noisy, roaring, rumbling, tumbling, bustling, story, turbulent New York-have to do with silence? Amid the universal clatter, the incessant din…

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