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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Being Strong Quotes, Luck Quotes

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

God enters by a private door into every individual.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

We change, whether we like it or not.

We change, whether we like it or not.

The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife,...

The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife,...

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

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...

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

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...

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of...

The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of...

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...

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.