Every artist was first an amateur. Ralph Waldo Emerson View this quote
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don’t waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dream delivers us to dream, and there is no end to illusion. Life is like a train of moods like a string of beads, and, as we pass through them, they prove to be many-colored lenses which paint the world their own hue. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Envy is ignorance, imitation is suicide. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every man I meet is in some way my superior. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool. Ralph Waldo Emerson
American philosopher, essayist, and poet
May 25th, 1803 - April 27th, 1882
