Do your work, but do your thing.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Originality Quotes, Work Quotes

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with...

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with...

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Beauty without expression is boring.

Beauty without expression is boring.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

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.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at...

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at...

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

Only your friends steal your books.

Only your friends steal your books.

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.