Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson, known professionally as Waldo Emerson, was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth25 May 1803
CountryUnited States of America
Every man believes that he has a greater possibility
Don't trust man, great God, with more power than he has, until he has learned to use that little better
Nothing is beneath you if it is in the direction of your life; nothing is great or desirable if it is off from that
Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.
Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.
Not in his goals but in his transitions is man great
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Money often costs too much.
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
Why should I cumber myself with regrets that the receiver is not capacious? It never troubles the sun that some of his rays fall wide and vain into ungrateful space, and only a small part on the reflecting planet. Let your greatness educate the crude and cold companion.