Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a personality which, by birth and quality, is pledged to the doctrines there set forth, and which exists to see and state things so, and not…

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Personality Quotes, Talent Quotes, Writers Quotes, Writing Quotes

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may...

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...

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

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...

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

A man is related to all nature.

A man is related to all nature.

Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining...

Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining...

The less government we have the better.

The less government we have the better.

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be little.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

The rain descends with the enthusiasm of someone breaking bad news.

The rain descends with the enthusiasm of someone breaking bad news.

Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.

Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.