FEATURED
AUTHORS
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Showing: 231 - 240 Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes of 789
The evils of popular government appear greater than they are; there is compensation for them in the spirit and energy it awakens.
There is nothing we value and hunt and cultivate and strive to draw to us, but in some hour we turn and rend it.
Neither is a dictionary a bad book to read. There is no cant in it, no excess of explanation, and it is full of suggestion,-the raw material of possible poems and histories.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
If we meet no gods, it is because we harbor none. If there is grandeur in you, you will find grandeur in porters and sweeps.
Religion is as effectually destroyed by bigotry as by indifference.
Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
Intemperance is the only vulgarity.
The secret of drunkenness is, that it insulates us in thought, whilst it unites us in feeling.
You will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.
Life Quote
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
Life Quote
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
Funny Quote
The reason I talk to myself is because I'm the only one whose answers I accept.
Love Quote
Its better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what your not.
Life Quote
Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends.
All quotations on this website are the property and copyright of their respective authors. All quotations are provided for educational and informational purposes only.
Copyright © 2011 LifeQuotesLib.com. All Rights Reserved.