A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Life Quotes

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views...

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views...

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

The Sky is the daily bread of the imagination

The Sky is the daily bread of the imagination

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

Every time you see a beautiful woman, just remember, somebody got tired of her

Every time you see a beautiful woman, just remember, somebody got tired of her

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.

If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being

If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife,...

The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife,...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

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

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

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals....

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals....

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

Sprinkle joy.

In the life of each of us, I said to myself, 'There is a place...

In the life of each of us, I said to myself, 'There is a place...

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values

Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life...

Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life...

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in...

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in...