Every artist was first an amateur. Ralph Waldo Emerson View this quote
The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The smoothest curled courtier in the boudoirs of a palace has an animal nature, rude and aboriginal as a white bear. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of education. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The world is his, who has money to go over it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
American philosopher, essayist, and poet
May 25th, 1803 - April 27th, 1882