Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Humor Quotes

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

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...

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force,...

Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force,...

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

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.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only...

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only...

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have...

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have...