Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Courtesy Quotes, Life Lesson Quotes, Manners Quotes

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to...

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to...

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Obedience alone gives the right to command

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

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.

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

The ancestor of every action is a thought

The ancestor of every action is a thought

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Art is the path of the creator to his work

Art is the path of the creator to his work

Art in Nature is rhythmic and has a horror of constraint.

Art in Nature is rhythmic and has a horror of constraint.

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions,...

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions,...