America is another name for opportunity.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Opportunity Quotes

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

We are wiser than we know.

We are wiser than we know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

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.

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

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

The years teach much which the days never knew.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

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...

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and...

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and...

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

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

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

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...

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...

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

I'm not a fan of facts. You see, facts can change, but my opinion will...

I'm not a fan of facts. You see, facts can change, but my opinion will...

I don't trust books. They're all fact and no heart.

I don't trust books. They're all fact and no heart.