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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes about Greatness

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Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2004). “A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year”, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bliss Perry (1926). “The Heart of Emerson's Journals”, p.189, Courier Corporation

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.100, Library of America

Every great man is unique.

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He is great who is what he is from nature, and who never reminds us of others.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1850). “Representative Men: Seven Lectures”, p.4

As soon as there is life there is danger.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2005). “The Selected Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.301, University of Georgia Press

When nature removes a great man, people explore the horizon for a successor; but none comes, and none will. His class is extinguished with him. In some other and quite different field, the next man will appear.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Ernest Spiller, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Wallace E. Williams, Joseph Slater (1987). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men: seven lectures”, p.11, Harvard University Press

We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2014). “The Heart of Emerson's Journals”, p.170, Courier Corporation

A man in pursuit of greatness feels no little wants.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.396

A man comes to measure his greatness by the regrets, envies and hatreds of his competitors.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1850). “Representative Men: Seven Lectures”, p.16

The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). “Emerson's Essays: Top Essays”, p.76, 谷月社

There are days when the great are near us, when there is no frown on their brow, no condescension even; when they take us by the hand, and we share their thought.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2464, Delphi Classics

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.74, Harvard University Press