Bad times have a scientific value. . . . We learn geology the morning after the earthquake. Ralph Waldo Emerson Bad day, Fortune You May Also Like Not a shred of evidence occurs in favor of the idea that life is serious. By Brendan Gill Bad day, Funny, Life, Positive, Wise The strongest man in the world is the man who stands alone. By Henrik Ibsen About strength, Bad day, Solitude, Strong Better to be born lucky than rich. By Anonymous Fortune, Goals, Luck I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird, and not enough the bad luck of the early worm. By Franklin D. Roosevelt Fate, Fortune It is a very bad thing to become accustomed to good luck. By Publilius Syrus Fortune, Goals, Luck Fortune gives too much to many, but enough to none. By Martial, 1st century A.D. Fate, Fortune, Goals You May Also Like from Ralph Waldo Emerson Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Failure, Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Uplifting Hitch your wagon to a star. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Goals To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world sparkles with light. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Curiosity, Intelligence, Nature Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Persuasion Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Luck, Motivational, Work The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Funny, Trust
Not a shred of evidence occurs in favor of the idea that life is serious. By Brendan Gill Bad day, Funny, Life, Positive, Wise
The strongest man in the world is the man who stands alone. By Henrik Ibsen About strength, Bad day, Solitude, Strong
I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird, and not enough the bad luck of the early worm. By Franklin D. Roosevelt Fate, Fortune
Fortune gives too much to many, but enough to none. By Martial, 1st century A.D. Fate, Fortune, Goals
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Failure, Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Uplifting
To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world sparkles with light. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Curiosity, Intelligence, Nature
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Persuasion
Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Luck, Motivational, Work
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Funny, Trust
