The greatest man in history was the poorest

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Greatness Quotes

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well...

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well...

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

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...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you miserable, just...

People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you miserable, just...

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,...

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,...