Quotations by the American philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson
- All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
- Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
- Always do what you are afraid to do.
- To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
- A man is what he thinks about all day long.
- The reward of a thing well done is having done it.
- An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
- Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
- Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
- Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
- The ancestor of every action is a thought.
- Every artist was first an amateur.
- Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.
- Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
- Good men must not obey the laws too well.
- Science does not know its debt to imagination.
- What you are comes to you.
- The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
- Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.
- Hitch your wagon to a star.
- Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.
- If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.
- Life is a journey, not a destination.
Quotations by the American industrialist Henry Ford
- Greatest thing in life is experience. Even mistakes have value.
- When you once get an idea in which you believe with all your heart, work it out.
- We are always seeking for those things which are in the clouds, not for those that lie at our feet.
- The short successes that can be gained in a brief time and without difficulty, are not worth much.
- Be ready to revise any system, scrap any method, abandon any theory, if the success of the job requires it.
- Experience is the harvest of life, and every harvest is the result of a sowing. The experience which young people must crave is that of success in some service for which they are naturally fitted.
- If the people really set their minds on anything it is impossible to prevent their getting what they want.
- Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Quotations by the American physicist and rocketry pioneer Robert Hutchings Goddard
- Dream big, and never be afraid to chase those dreams.
- Believe in yourself, even when others doubt you.
- Take action, and never wait for the perfect moment.
- Celebrate your achievements, no matter how small they may be.
- Challenges are opportunities in disguise.
- Do not let setbacks define you; instead, let them fuel your determination.
- Surround yourself with positive, like-minded people who support your dreams.
- Don t be afraid to go after what you want. You never know what might happen.
- It is difficult to say what is impossible, as the dreams of yesterday are the hopes of today and the reality of tomorrow.
- The only way to fail is to give up.
- Happiness comes from struggling and overcoming difficulties...if you handle the present sensibly and properly, the future will take care of itself...Never worry about what you cannot change...Yesterday is gone; you have today; tomorrow may never come.
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