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

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

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...

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

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....

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.