Quotes of: Ralph-waldo-emerson Keyword

Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.

Mencius

If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.

Manuel Puig

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.

Nicolas Chamfort

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

Plato

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Plato

For as long as I've been acting, I have been very lucky to be paired with really great actresses playing my mom.

Rico Rodriguez

A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.

Walt Whitman

According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.

Bodhidharma

Ants are good citizens, they place group interests first.

Clarence Day

This morning's scene is good and fine, Long rain has not harmed the land.

Du Fu

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

Democritus

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.

John Locke

We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.

Lord Byron

The influence of a science adviser is only as good as ears open to that science advice.

Nina Fedoroff

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

Publilius Syrus

There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

Roger Ascham

A good scientific theory is one which is falsifiable, which has not been falsified.

Richard Dawkins

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

Socrates

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Sigmund Freud

Good physicians are rarely dispassionate. They agonize and self-doubt over patients.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.

Sophocles