I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Giving Quotes

Men are respectable only as they respect

Men are respectable only as they respect

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.

Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library: a company of the wisest and...

Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library: a company of the wisest and...

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected

We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

Society is a hospital of incurables.

Society is a hospital of incurables.

A man is a God in ruins

A man is a God in ruins

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 more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them

It is more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them

Who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless.

Who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless.

Why do we go around acting as though everything was friendship and reliability when basically...

Why do we go around acting as though everything was friendship and reliability when basically...

I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.

I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.