Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Generosity Quotes, Progress Quotes, Teachers And Teaching Quotes

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on...

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on...

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul

The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

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

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

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their...

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their...

Every burned book enlightens the world.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

Men are what their mothers made them

Men are what their mothers made them

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...

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that...

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that...

Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what...

Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what...