Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Courtesy Quotes, Life Lesson Quotes, Manners Quotes

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

All men in the abstract are just and good

All men in the abstract are just and good

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

Our best thoughts come from others.

Our best thoughts come from others.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the...

Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the...

Blame is safer than praise

Blame is safer than praise

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is...

Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is...

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...

Men are respectable only as they respect

Men are respectable only as they respect

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be little.

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What...

Genius is talent set on fire by courage

Genius is talent set on fire by courage