Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight has been present like an read more
The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight has been present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world
For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor read more
For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor can I detach one duty, like you, from all other duties, and concentrate my forces mechanically on the payment of moneys
A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them read more
A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on every side and at every moment; and even obstacles and opposition will but make us "like the fabled specter-ships," which sail the fastest in the very teeth of the wind.
The man in the street does not know a star in the sky.
The man in the street does not know a star in the sky.
Valor consists in the power of self recovery.
Valor consists in the power of self recovery.
The true ship is the ship builder.
The true ship is the ship builder.
A nation never falls but by suicide.
A nation never falls but by suicide.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.
A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.
