God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Sin Quotes

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

An Eastern poet, Ali Ben Abu Taleb, writes with sad truth, He who has a...

An Eastern poet, Ali Ben Abu Taleb, writes with sad truth, He who has a...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

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...

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have...

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have...

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

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.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals....

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals....