Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant to break the monotony of a decorous age.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Age Quotes

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

Every artist was first an amateur.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it...

Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it...

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke...

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke...

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood...

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood...