Great results Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson Download Open image “Most of the great results of history are brought about by discreditable means.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Great results Historical History Inspirational Mean Results
Some say, 'Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.' I say, 'Those who ignore history are in for a big surprise.' — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
In analysing history do not be too profound, for often the causes are quite superficial. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
History is full of people who out of fear, or ignorance, or lust for power has destroyed knowledge of immeasurable value which truly belongs… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
History is so indifferently rich, that a case for almost any conclusion from it can be made by a selection of instances. — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“History is a record of "effects" the vast majority of which nobody intended to produce.” — Joseph Schumpeter Copy Share Image
“History is the record of what human beings have been impelled to do by their ignorance and the enormous bumptiousness that makes them canonize… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
History is, and has always been trameled by facts. It may ignore some and deny others; but it cannot accommodate itself unreservedly to theories;… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
“History is full of people who out of fear or ignorance or the lust for power have destroyed treasures of immeasurable value which truly… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“At almost the same moment in humanity's broad history, mankind had discovered the means for bringing about its utter downfall. And the ability to… — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of… — Vincent Massey Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
It is difficult to find another branch of knowledge where a small amount of study produces such great results in increased efficiency in a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Rihanna is a very talented person. One of those people who are able to do whatever they want with great results. — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
The history of men of science has one peculiar advantage, as it shows the importance of little things in producing great results. Smeaton learned… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
Congratulations to Obama! He's now increased the debt more in three years than George W. Bush did his entire eight year presidency. But all… — Frank J. Fleming Copy Share Image
I cannot help but think that great results would have been obtained had my views been thought better of; yet I am much inclined… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
Even though I teach with 35mm, my method takes people by surprise, because it isn't fast, and it isn't about hardware or software, or… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
Self-Made Men are the men who owe little or nothing to birth, relationship, friendly surroundings; to wealth inherited or to early approved means of… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
In our own days we have seen no princes accomplish great results save those who have been accounted miserly. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image