Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Future Quotes, Living Quotes, Time Quotes

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

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

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

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them...

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them...

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.