It is sometimes difficult to be inspired when trying to write a persuasive essay, book report or thoughtful research paper. Often of times, it is hard to find words that best describe your ideas. VIPessays now provides a database of over 150,000 quotations and proverbs from the famous inventors, philosophers, sportsmen, artists, celebrities, business people, and authors that are aimed to enrich and strengthen your essay, term paper, book report, thesis or research paper.
Try our free search of constantly updated quotations and proverbs database.
Browse Authors:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
(Click a letter to view the authors)
Letter "A" » Albert Pike Quotes
(Click a letter to view the authors)
«What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.»
Author: Albert Pike
(Journalist, Lawyer, Soldier)
| About:
Altruism,
Generosity
| Keywords:
done for, immortal
«That which causes us trials shall yield us triumph: and that which make our hearts ache shall fill us with gladness. The only true happiness is to learn, to advance, and to improve: which could not happen unless we had commence with error, ignorance, and imperfection. We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.»
Author: Albert Pike
(Journalist, Lawyer, Soldier)
| Keywords:
ache, ached, advance, causes, commence, commenced, commences, darkness, error, fill, gladness, happen, imperfection, improve, on trial, pass, pass through, reach, the darkness, The Light, The Trial, Trials, trial and error, triumph, yield, yield up
«Faith begins where Reason sinks exhausted.»
«True thoughts have duration in themselves. If the thoughts endure, the seed is enduring; if the seed endures, the energy endures; if the energy endures, then will the spirit endure. The spirit is thought; thought is the heart; the heart is the fire; the fire is the Elixir.»
Author: Albert Pike
(Journalist, Lawyer, Soldier)
| Keywords:
duration, elixir, elixirs, endures, enduring
«The sovereignty of one's self over one's self is called Liberty.»
«A Human Thought is an actual EXISTENCE, and a Force and Power, capable of acting upon and controlling matter as well as mind.»
Author: Albert Pike
(Journalist, Lawyer, Soldier)
| About:
Actors and acting,
Mind,
Thinking
| Keywords:
actual, controlling, Human thought
«The Word of God is the universal and invisible Light, cognizable by the senses, that emits its blaze in the Sun, Moon, Planets, and other Stars.»
Author: Albert Pike
(Journalist, Lawyer, Soldier)
| About:
God
| Keywords:
blaze, cognizable, emit, emits, emitted, emitting, planets, Word of God
«Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men; poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius.»
Author: Albert Pike
(Journalist, Lawyer, Soldier)
| About:
Genius,
Philosophy,
Poets
| Keywords:
almost all, artisan, artisans, artists, noblest, philosophers, professional, scholars
«One man is equivalent to all Creation. One man is a World in miniature.»
«A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.»
Author: Albert Pike
(Journalist, Lawyer, Soldier)
| Keywords:
ennoble, ennobled, ennobles, ennobling, Great War
Research our database of over 800,000 top-quality pre-written papers plus 15,000 biographies for only $9.95/month.
Instant Account Activation. Register Now.
Instant Account Activation. Register Now.