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Famous Quotes By Emerson

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Wisdom: Famous Quotes By Emerson
All life is an experiment.

Teamwork: Famous Quotes By Emerson
Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.

Teacher: Famous Quotes By Emerson
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

Success: Famous Quotes By Emerson
I look on that man as happy, who, when there is question of success, looks into his work for a reply.

Wealth: Famous Quotes By Emerson
It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have it, it requires ten times as much skill to keep it.

Wisdom: Famous Quotes By Emerson
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Seeing: Famous Quotes By Emerson
People only see what they are prepared to see.

Teacher: Famous Quotes By Emerson
The years teach much which the days never knew.

Time: Famous Quotes By Emerson
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

Time: Famous Quotes By Emerson
What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour.

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