Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Being Strong Quotes, Luck Quotes

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not...

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not...

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...

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

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...

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are...

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are...

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

Time goes by fast, and people go in and out of your life so quickly,...

Time goes by fast, and people go in and out of your life so quickly,...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

Necessity does everything well.

Necessity does everything well.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is...

Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?

Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?

Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery, like the idle, curved...

Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery, like the idle, curved...