Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Manners Quotes, Youth Quotes

Fear is the instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions

Fear is the instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

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.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

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

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

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

A man is a God in ruins

A man is a God in ruins

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

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...

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

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.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

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

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

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is...

Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is...

I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a...

I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a...

With magnetism, power of uncondensed steam, gravitation, radiant energy of electric waves, equilibrium and activity...

With magnetism, power of uncondensed steam, gravitation, radiant energy of electric waves, equilibrium and activity...