No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

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...

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the...

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

Books are for nothing but to inspire

Books are for nothing but to inspire

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

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

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

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

Beauty without expression is boring.

Beauty without expression is boring.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the...

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the...

We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight...

We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight...

The years teach much which the days never knew.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

All promise outruns performance.

All promise outruns performance.

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on...

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on...

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

For some reason I did something where I realized I could get a reaction. That...

For some reason I did something where I realized I could get a reaction. That...

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too?...

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too?...