Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Life Quotes

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

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

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

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is...

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is...

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

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...

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

All mankind loves a lover.

All mankind loves a lover.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

The years teach much which the days never know.

The years teach much which the days never know.

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.

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary

The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...

If a man has done his best, what else is there?

If a man has done his best, what else is there?

If I want to be great I have to win the victory over myself... self-discipline.

If I want to be great I have to win the victory over myself... self-discipline.