The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Virtue Quotes

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

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

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

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,...

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the...

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the...

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

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...

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

Understanding any concept or subject only means bringing, implementing and showing change either in self...

Understanding any concept or subject only means bringing, implementing and showing change either in self...

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on.

Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself.

Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself.

If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously...

If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously...