Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Manners Quotes, Youth Quotes

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

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...

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

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...

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.