A man is a God in ruins.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

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.

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

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

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

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

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...

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and...

I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and...

Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate

Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate