--- title: "7 Pursuit Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson" description: "7 Pursuit quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Plus more from Ralph Waldo Emerson and more Pursuit sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_baskets_the-crowning-fortune-of-a-man-is-to-be-b_327478.png" --- > [The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-crowning-fortune-of-a-man-is-to-be-born-to-some-pursuit-which/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_baskets_the-crowning-fortune-of-a-man-is-to-be-b_327478.png) > [Love is like a hunter, who cares not for the game when once caught, which he may have pursued with the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/love-is-like-a-hunter-who-cares-not-for-the-game-when-once-caught/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d4/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_breathless_love-is-like-a-hunter-who-cares-not-for_448347.png) > [Whilst all the world is in pursuit of power, culture corrects the theory of success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/whilst-all-the-world-is-in-pursuit-of-power-culture-corrects-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_culture_whilst-all-the-world-is-in-pursuit-of-po_946144.png) > [A man in pursuit of greatness feels no little wants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-in-pursuit-of-greatness-feels-no-little-wants/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d2/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_feels_a-man-in-pursuit-of-greatness-feels-no-l_1516041.png) > [It is easy to see that a greater self-reliance must work a revolution in all the offices and relations of men; in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/it-is-easy-to-see-that-a-greater-self-reliance-must-work-a-revolution/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d2/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_association_it-is-easy-to-see-that-a-greater-self-re_1568898.jpg) > [Genial manners are good, and power of accommodation to any circumstance, but the high prize of life, the crowning fortune of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/genial-manners-are-good-and-power-of-accommodation-to-any/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c49/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_accommodations_genial-manners-are-good-and-power-of-acc_1735454.jpg) > [Every industrious man, in every lawful calling, is a useful man. And one principal reason why men are so often useless is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/every-industrious-man-in-every-lawful-calling-is-a-useful-man-and-one/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78b/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_attention_every-industrious-man-in-every-lawful-ca_1833639.jpg) ## Other authors on Pursuit - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/thomas-jefferson/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 17 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/ayn-rand/) - [Samuel Johnson 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/samuel-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-leo-tolstoy-55.jpg) Leo Tolstoy 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/leo-tolstoy/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/charles-dickens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-plato-75782.jpg) Plato 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/plato/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jerry-bridges-49058.jpg) Jerry Bridges 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/jerry-bridges/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/albert-einstein/) ## More by Ralph Waldo Emerson > [The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-history-of-mankind-interests-us-only-as-it-exhibits-a-steady-gain/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-we-will-not-interfere-with-our-thought-but-will-act-entirely-or/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-there-is-any-period-one-would-desire-to-be-born-in-is-it-not-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-cannot-speak-but-he-judges-himself-with-his-will-or-against-his/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/consideration-is-the-soil-in-which-wisdom-may-be-expected-to-grow-and/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-then-creative-reading-as-well-as-creative-writing-when-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [The order of things consents to virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-order-of-things-consents-to-virtue/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Life only avails, not the having lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/life-only-avails-not-the-having-lived/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Another success is the post-office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentimentin mankind; so that the power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/another-success-is-the-post-office-with-its-educating-energy/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-child-reminds-us-that-playtime-is-an-essential-part-of-our-daily/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/no-man-can-be-criticised-but-by-a-greater-than-he-do-not-then-read/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/coal-lay-in-ledges-under-the-ground-since-the-flood-until-a-laborer/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-am-therefore-i-had-nothing-better-to-do-than-to-think/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-a-library-we-are-surrounded-by-many-hundreds-of-dear-friends-but/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-compensations-of-calamity-are-made-apparent-to-the-understanding/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/ralph-waldo-emerson/#itemlist", "name": "7 Pursuit Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-crowning-fortune-of-a-man-is-to-be-born-to-some-pursuit-which/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_baskets_the-crowning-fortune-of-a-man-is-to-be-b_327478.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_baskets_the-crowning-fortune-of-a-man-is-to-be-b_327478.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_baskets_the-crowning-fortune-of-a-man-is-to-be-b_327478.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness…” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love is like a hunter, who cares not for the game when once caught, which he may have pursued with the most intense and breathless eagerness. 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