Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it. >>

The only gift is a portion of thyself. >>

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the criti >>

Quotations about Opportunity

Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door. >>

It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simp >>

Where one door closes, another opens. >>

If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap, than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo