Quotes of: Ralph-waldo-emerson Keyword

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

Juvenal

What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.

Meister Eckhart

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.

Robert M. Pirsig

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

Robert W. Service

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Thomas Jefferson

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.

Victor Hugo

We can learn something new anytime we believe we can.

Virginia Satir

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

Athenaeus

Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it's a shield.

Brene Brown

I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.

Barbara Kingsolver

When you're going back to school, you want something fresh and new, and perfume is the best way to do that.

Bethany Mota

I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format.

Dick Bruna

The intention to live as long as possible isn't one of the mind's best intentions, because quantity isn't the same as quality.

Deepak Chopra

I've learned that I work best when I'm entirely naked. The recording process was done that way.

Emilie Autumn

Unless you are completely retired, earning money is the best form of wealth preservation.

Felix Dennis

When someone asks me to list the 10 best novels ever written, I always refuse to answer.

Henning Mankell

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

Josh Billings

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

Josh Billings

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic.

Kathy Acker

A taste for the best reading is not cultivated in Spanish girls, even where the treasures of that great Castilian literature are accessible to them.

Katharine Lee Bates

A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished.

Mikhail Bakunin