The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Life Quotes

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...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

Money often costs too much.

Money often costs too much.

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

Fear always springs from ignorance

Fear always springs from ignorance

Revolutions go not backward.

Revolutions go not backward.

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

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...

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

All mankind love a lover.

All mankind love a lover.

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every...

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it

Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

All promise outruns performance.

All promise outruns performance.

Distance shouldn't be a factor in a relationship but communication, trust and commitment should be.

Distance shouldn't be a factor in a relationship but communication, trust and commitment should be.

In the midst of great joy do not promise to give a man anything; in...

In the midst of great joy do not promise to give a man anything; in...