A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Friendship Quotes

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes...

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes...

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

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...

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

Every artist was first an amateur.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death....

Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death....

I am sworn brother, sweet, To grim Necessity, and he and I Will keep a...

I am sworn brother, sweet, To grim Necessity, and he and I Will keep a...