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

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

Society is a hospital of incurables.

Society is a hospital of incurables.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

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.

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals....

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals....

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

To believe in luck - is skepticism

To believe in luck - is skepticism

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the...

Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the...

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes...

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes...