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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Luck Quotes

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.

The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and...

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for...

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for...

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it...

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it...

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.