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

We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected

We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at...

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

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...

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.