Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Manners Quotes, Youth Quotes

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

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...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

You cannot see the mountain near

You cannot see the mountain near

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

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...

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

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

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

We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected

We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

Every man is a channel through which heaven floweth

Every man is a channel through which heaven floweth

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...