Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Misunderstood! It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad then to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

To be misunderstood even by those whom one loves is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that sad and…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

Most of the things I do are misunderstood. Hey, after all, being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses, is it not?

— Howard Stern

“Being misunderstood.— When one is misunderstood as a whole, it is impossible to remove completely a single misunderstanding. One has to realize this lest…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I know what it is to be misunderstood.

— Robert Parish

Use to hate being misunderstood but finally I realize it's best to be misunderstood than understood.

— Anonymous

“To be misunderstood is the shy man's fate on every occasion; and whatever impression he endeavors to create, he is sure to convey its…

— Jerome K. Jerome

“Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood: There will always be some who misunderstand…

— Graham Moore

Being misunderstood is grievous but worse still is telling all you know just because the facts would vindicate you.

— Lorinda Frankenberry