If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Self Reflection Quotes

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Do your work, but do your thing.

Do your work, but do your thing.

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

To believe in luck - is skepticism

To believe in luck - is skepticism

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

We change, whether we like it or not.

We change, whether we like it or not.

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for...

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for...

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

It's the end of the summer. It's the end of it all. Those days are...

It's the end of the summer. It's the end of it all. Those days are...

Heat, ma'am! it was so dreadful here, that I found there was nothing left for...

Heat, ma'am! it was so dreadful here, that I found there was nothing left for...