Obedience alone gives the right to command

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Obedience Quotes

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the...

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the...

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves...

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves...

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

Revolutions go not backward.

Revolutions go not backward.

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

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.

Skepticism is slow suicide

Skepticism is slow suicide

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

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...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.