Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Life Quotes

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Culture, with us, ends in headache

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes...

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes...

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

The man who can make hard things easy is the educator

The man who can make hard things easy is the educator

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

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,...

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

All mankind loves a lover.

All mankind loves a lover.

Flowers are the earth laughing.

Flowers are the earth laughing.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

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.

The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.

The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.