"Nothing endures but personal qualities." — Walt Whitman

"Nothing endures but personal qualities."

— Walt Whitman

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422 Quotes by Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman has 422 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

And I will show that there is no imperfection in the present, and can be none in the future, And…
O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet…
Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard.
This face is a dog's snout sniffing for garbage, snakes nest in that mouth, I hear the sibilant threat.
To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.
The city sleeps and the country sleeps, the living sleep for their time, the dead sleep for their time, the…
What a devil art thou, Poverty! How many desires - how many aspirations after goodness and truth - how many…
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at…
Old age: The estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as it pours into the Great Sea.
To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim - the rocks - the motion of the…
All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain.
What beauty there is in words; what a lurking curious charm in the sound some words.

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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter. — Sai Baba
In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. — Ansel Adams
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. — Matsuo Basho
Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive… — Saint Basil
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. — Charles Baudelaire
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. — Saul Bellow
If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. — Yogi Berra
United we stand, divided we fall. — Aesop
Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. — Thomas Browne

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