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

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

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...

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

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

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

Children are all foreigners.

Children are all foreigners.

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

The pleasure of life is according to the man who lives it, and not according...

The pleasure of life is according to the man who lives it, and not according...

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.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are...

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are...

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.

Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.

Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.

Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.