Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Achievement Quotes

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

A man is a God in ruins.

A man is a God in ruins.

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

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.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

America is another name for opportunity

America is another name for opportunity

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

Go cherish your soul; express companions; set your habits to a life of solitude; then...

Go cherish your soul; express companions; set your habits to a life of solitude; then...

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.