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

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

The sincerest love is the love of food.

The sincerest love is the love of food.

Age is like love, it cannot be hid

Age is like love, it cannot be hid