Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
Concentration is the secret of strength.
Concentration is the secret of strength.
Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.
Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.
If man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, read more
If man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his house, tho it be in the woods.
Our best thoughts come from others.
Our best thoughts come from others.
Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists--talkers read more
Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists--talkers who mistake the description for the thing, saying for having.
We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples.
We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples.
We must be our own before we can be another's.
We must be our own before we can be another's.
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Nature... She pardons no mistakes. Her yea is yea, and her nay, nay.
Nature... She pardons no mistakes. Her yea is yea, and her nay, nay.
