If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

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

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

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

The Sky is the daily bread of the imagination

The Sky is the daily bread of the imagination

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and...

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and...

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...

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will...

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will...

It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for...

It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for...

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part...

A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part...

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human...

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human...