"Power is the first good." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Power is the first good."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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2,823 Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities…
If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false sentiment, I could never stay there five minutes.
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the…
There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not…
Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility.
Science is nothing but the finding of analogy, identity, in the most remote parts.
The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial…
One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the…
Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.
The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
A little praise goes a great ways.

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Given is the word. Given publicly, on the first Good Friday, on a hill, in the sight of all, was… — Unknown Author
Let your first 'good morning' be to your Heavenly Father. — Karl G. Maeser
The first good-looking girl I see tonight is going to die. — Edmund Kemper
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When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for… — Billy Joel
I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first… — Taylor Swift
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I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one. — Taylor Swift

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