'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or other than by their importance to the mind of the time

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Appreciation Quotes

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.

Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be little.

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Men are what their mothers made them.

Men are what their mothers made them.

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

The years teach much which the days never know.

The years teach much which the days never know.

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

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

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

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...