England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to be strong only in her children.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Parents Quotes

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who...

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

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.

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...

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...

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

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.

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

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.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

If everything else fails, read the instructions

If everything else fails, read the instructions

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

Revolutions go not backward.

Revolutions go not backward.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...