My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my face.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Clocks Quotes, Time Quotes

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

The best part of health is fine disposition

The best part of health is fine disposition

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

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

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

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth...

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on...

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on...

We change, whether we like it or not

We change, whether we like it or not

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

There is properly no history; only biography

There is properly no history; only biography

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.