Ralph Waldo Emerson Compensation Quotes & Sayings

Senators and presidents have climbed so high with pain enough, not because they think the place specially agreeable, but as an apology for real worth, and to vindicate their manhood in our eyes. This conspicuous chair is their compensation to themselves for being of a poor, cold, hard nature. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. — John W. Gardner

The evils of popular government appear greater than they are; there is compensation for them in spirit and energy it awakens. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

We're fine together, just like this: Our silence protects us from ourselves — Yasmina Khadra

Even the best cookery book is no substitute for even the worst dinner. — Aldous Huxley

There are times when we find ourselves pitching downwards, out of control. Yet God is always nearby ... — Shirley Corder

Perhaps you could call your cat Meow so it could say it's own name. Or how about Stupid Cat Get Out Of Here. That would really confuse it if you tried to call it over to you. — Jade Puget

When we assist Him in His mission of saving souls, we too will be rescued in the process. — Chi Hong Wong

Know that you make a difference in this world, even if you can't see it or understand it - you do. — Karen Higginbottom

The whole of what we know is a system of compensation. Every defect in one manner is made up in another. Every suffering is rewarded; every sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love - is when you wish all the best to the people you love, when you put their interests and well-being above their own. Always. — Angelina Jolie

I tell my kids in the Academy at Newcastle to watch Henry. He plays with such a swagger, not an arrogance, and that is a great quality. He always looks so comfortable. You talk about cars going from 0 to 60 in a matter of seconds, and he is like that. He just explodes. I could sit there for hours and watch him. — Peter Beardsley

The only compensation which war offers for its manifold mischiefs, is in the great personal qualities to which it gives scope and occasion. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I'm marriable. But I'm not married. — Rachel Weisz

The loss of memory isn't always the problem; sometimes
maybe even often
it's the solution. — Stephen King