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The soul selects her own society,
Then shuts the door;
On her divine majority
Obtrude no more.
Emily Dickinson1830–1886The Soul selects her own Society (1890)In context
- Character
- Friendship
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
William Ernest Henley1849–1903Invictus (1875)In context
- Courage
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
William Ernest Henley1849–1903Invictus (1875)In context
- Courage
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Henley1849–1903Invictus (1875)In context
- Character
- Motivation & Goals
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you
Rudyard Kipling1865–1936If— (1910)In context
- Advice
- Character
If you can dream⁠—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think⁠—and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same
Rudyard Kipling1865–1936If— (1910)In context
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And⁠—which is more⁠—you’ll be a Man, my son!
Rudyard Kipling1865–1936If— (1910)In context
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth!
Rudyard Kipling1865–1936The Ballad of East and West (1889)In context
- Courage
- Men
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
W. B. Yeats1865–1939The Second Coming (1920)In context
- Character
- Good & Evil
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Robert Frost1874–1963Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (1923)In context
- Responsibility
If we must die, O let us nobly die,
So that our precious blood may not be shed
In vain; then even the monsters we defy
Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!
Claude McKay1889–1948If We Must Die (1919)In context
- Courage
- Life & Death
Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code.
Robert W. Service1874–1958The Cremation of Sam McGee (1907)In context
- Honor
- Responsibility
And it’s not for the sake of a ribboned coat,
Or the selfish hope of a season’s fame,
But his Captain’s hand on his shoulder smote⁠—
“Play up! play up! and play the game!”
Henry Newbolt1862–1938Vitaï Lampada (1897)In context
- Honor
- Sports
On, ye brave,
Who rush to glory, or the grave!
Thomas Campbell1777–1844Hohenlinden (1802)In context
- Courage
- War & Peace
I stood
Among them, but not of them; in a shroud
Of thoughts which were not their thoughts
Lord Byron1788–1824Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812–1818), Canto the ThirdIn context
- Character