It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have it, it requires ten times as much skill to keep it.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Boldness Quotes, Caution Quotes

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Every artist was first an amateur.

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...

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

The greatest man in history was the poorest

The greatest man in history was the poorest

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it

Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

Imitation is suicide

Imitation is suicide

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

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

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

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a...

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a...

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

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