Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and hardened into usage

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Manners Quotes

All life is an experiment.

All life is an experiment.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

All promise outruns performance.

All promise outruns performance.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

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.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

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

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

Fame is proof that people are gullible

Fame is proof that people are gullible

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

To believe in luck - is skepticism

To believe in luck - is skepticism

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

Work is an essential part of being alive. Your work is your identity.

Work is an essential part of being alive. Your work is your identity.

I think history is inextricably linked to identity. If you don't know your history, if...

I think history is inextricably linked to identity. If you don't know your history, if...