The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile...it's the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Love Quotes

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Flowers are the earth laughing.

Flowers are the earth laughing.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

Spiritual force is stronger than material force; thoughts rule the world.

Spiritual force is stronger than material force; thoughts rule the world.

Revolutions go not backward.

Revolutions go not backward.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well...

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well...

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.