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

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...

The ancestor of every action is a thought

The ancestor of every action is a thought

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

As soon as there is life, there is danger

As soon as there is life, there is danger

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

Our best thoughts come from others.

Our best thoughts come from others.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat...

The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat...

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...

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and...

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and...

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will...

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will...

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No...

There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No...