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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Courtesy Quotes, Life Lesson Quotes, Manners Quotes

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

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...

Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is...

Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is...

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and...

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to...

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to...

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 ancestor of every action is a thought

The ancestor of every action is a thought

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it

Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

Happiness is a very small desk and a very big wastebasket.

Happiness is a very small desk and a very big wastebasket.