No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The years teach much which the days never knew.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well...

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well...

Revolutions go not backward.

Revolutions go not backward.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so...

So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so...

Flowers are the earth laughing.

Flowers are the earth laughing.

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

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

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