A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when he gives voice to the rules of love and justice, he is godlike.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Love Quotes

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be little.

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the...

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the...

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and...

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and...

Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to...

Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to...

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

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

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

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

You cannot see the mountain near

You cannot see the mountain near

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

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

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

Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is a triumph of...

Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is a triumph of...

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...

All mankind love a lover.

All mankind love a lover.

Half of the people in the world are below average.

Half of the people in the world are below average.

No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's...

No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's...