When I make up my mind, I act. If I speak, what I say, I will do. If the hail rattles, let the flowers be crushed. The oak of the forest will lift up its head to the sky and storm, towering and unscathed.

Osceola

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Topic

Personal integrity Words vs. actions

Speaker

Osceola

Language

English

Time

1836 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Native American leader Native American

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Osceola. Quoted in Florida's Past: People and Events That Shaped the State, written by Gene Burnett. Vol. 1, Pineapple Press, 1996, ch. 31. Originally a statement during treaty negotiations during the Second Seminole War. 1836, FL, USA.

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If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The American Scholar

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Topic
Trusting oneself Believing in oneself
Speaker
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
The American Scholar
Medium
Speech
Language
English
Time
1837 1830s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "The American Scholar." Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard College. 31 Aug. 1837, First Parish in Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "The American Scholar (1837)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.