America is another name for opportunity.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Opportunity Quotes

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be little.

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...

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

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...

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

The art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in...

The art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in...

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

Flowers are the earth laughing.

Flowers are the earth laughing.

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph...

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph...

A good intention clothes itself with power

A good intention clothes itself with power

What you are comes to you.

What you are comes to you.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.