Blame is safer than praise

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Praise Quotes, Safety Quotes

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so...

So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so...

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

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.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are...

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are...

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.