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

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Self-trust is the first secret of success

Self-trust is the first secret of success

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

That man is idle who can do something better

That man is idle who can do something better

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

...truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

...truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

The pleasure of life is according to the man who lives it, and not according...

The pleasure of life is according to the man who lives it, and not according...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Love, and you shall be loved

Love, and you shall be loved

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

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.

Boldness be my friend.

Boldness be my friend.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are...

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are...

Realize that ultimate success comes from opportunistic, bold move which by definition, cannot be planned.

Realize that ultimate success comes from opportunistic, bold move which by definition, cannot be planned.

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true...

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true...