The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Civilization Quotes, Coaches And Coaching Quotes, Mankin Quotes

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Men are what their mothers made them

Men are what their mothers made them

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

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

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

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Wherever there is power there is age.

Wherever there is power there is age.

Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream...

Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream...

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.

The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

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...

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.

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.