Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile...it's the spiritual...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile...it's the spiritual...

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...

Love, and you shall be loved

Love, and you shall be loved

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,...

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

The years teach much which the days never know.

The years teach much which the days never know.

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

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.

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...