"None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~











Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes
"Life consists of what man is thinking about all day.
"Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
"When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.
"Steam is no stronger now than it was a hundred years ago but it is put to better use.
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed, but our power to do so is increased.
"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
"Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficult...
"Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
"Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.
"A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
"Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.
"The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is only a projection of his own soul, which he admires.