Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

All our progress is an unfolding, like a vegetable bud. You have first >>

Every man is a consumer and ought to be a producer. >>

Do the thing and you will have the power. But they that do not the thi >>

Quotations about Praise

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay >>

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve >>

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so. >>

When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo