Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

A man's action is only a picture book of his creed. >>

If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he >>

It is long ere we discover how rich we are. Our history, we are sure, >>

Quotations about Work

Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then a >>

The secret of making something work in your lives is, first of all, th >>

Everything must degenerate into work if anything is to happen. >>

Work and thou canst escape the reward; whether the work be fine or course, planting corn or writing epics, so only it be honest work, done to thine own approbation, it shall earn a reward to the senses as well as to the thought.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo