Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Common Sense Quotes, Genius Quotes

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be little.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

If everything else fails, read the instructions

If everything else fails, read the instructions

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence

The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider...

The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider...

We all boil at different degrees

We all boil at different degrees

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.

The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.

During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship...

During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship...