I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Thanksgiving Quotes

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Between stimulus and response is our greatest power - the freedom to choose

Between stimulus and response is our greatest power - the freedom to choose

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of...

The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of...

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

Language is the archives of history

Language is the archives of history

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.