The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds some important benefit.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Self Centered Quotes

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

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

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

As soon as there is life there is danger.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

A man is related to all nature.

A man is related to all nature.

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.

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...

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

Men are respectable only as they respect

Men are respectable only as they respect

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

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...

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.