For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature

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

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

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.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

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

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

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

As long as you think you're green, you'll grow. As soon as you think you're...

As long as you think you're green, you'll grow. As soon as you think you're...

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.