[be-baw]

All 3 Emerson quotes were way off the mark, but most of the others were outstanding.

Shakespeare’s was my favorite.

[metmom]

I actually think Emerson’s last quote there is OK.

Nobody has much respect for the conformist.

[poconopundit]

I am familiar with Emerson quote number one (from Self-Reliance). In fact I have the quote in a plaque on the wall next to my desk. The expanded quote is as follows: Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being. And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but guides, redeemers, and benefactors, obeying the Almighty effort, and advancing on Chaos and the Dark.

[libertasbella]

A man often noted for his ability to hit the nail on the head.