To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is to have succeeded.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Life Quotes

The pleasure of life is according to the man who lives it, and not according...

The pleasure of life is according to the man who lives it, and not according...

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

Flowers are the earth laughing.

Flowers are the earth laughing.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

The man who can make hard things easy is the educator

The man who can make hard things easy is the educator

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison...

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison...

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

Fame is proof that people are gullible

Fame is proof that people are gullible

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....

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today?...

We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today?...

If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free,...

If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free,...