Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy

Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

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...

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.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

To believe in luck - is skepticism

To believe in luck - is skepticism

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...

Money often costs too much.

Money often costs too much.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer,...

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer,...

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

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.

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.