Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every...

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every...

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

Books are for nothing but to inspire

Books are for nothing but to inspire

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well...

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well...

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is...

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the...

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the...

An empire is an immense egotism.

An empire is an immense egotism.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

It's the emptiest and yet the fullest of all human messages: 'Good-bye.'

It's the emptiest and yet the fullest of all human messages: 'Good-bye.'

The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of...

The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of...