Do your work, but do your thing.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Originality Quotes, Work Quotes

The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul

The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves...

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves...

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

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

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

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...