When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Chance Quotes, Learning Quotes

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

Congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of...

Congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of...

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is...

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is...

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.

Love is like wildflowers; It's often found in the most unlikely places.

Love is like wildflowers; It's often found in the most unlikely places.

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Flowers are the earth laughing.

Flowers are the earth laughing.

That man is idle who can do something better

That man is idle who can do something better

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...

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

As soon as there is life, there is danger

As soon as there is life, there is danger

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

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.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile...it's the spiritual...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile...it's the spiritual...

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

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

Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did,...

Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did,...

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by...

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by...