Quotes of: Ralph-waldo-emerson Keyword

That I may have the soul-life, the soul-nature, let divine beauty bring to me divine soul.

Richard Jefferies

But I think it is a serious issue to wonder about the other platonic absolutes of say beauty and morality.

Roger Penrose

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.

Sallust

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.

Tom Stoppard

Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.

Victoria Moran

There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire.

William Congreve

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.

W. Somerset Maugham

I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling, Or just after.

Wallace Stevens

A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.

Xenophon

Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.

Jane Austen

Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.

Brene Brown

It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.

Barbara Kingsolver

The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.

Carl Lewis

Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence.

Jean Anouilh

Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors.

Jean Baudrillard

Where a man's strength and courage is tested most is in the way that he treats women - the way that he loves.

John Eldredge

To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first.

Janeane Garofalo

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

Lewis Mumford

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

Plutarch

The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.

Thomas Aquinas

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.

Thornton Wilder