Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes about Progress
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1972). “Early Lectures: 1838-1842”, p.274, Harvard University Press
The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen.
Essays, Second Series "Politics" (1844)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2771, Delphi Classics
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1335, Delphi Classics
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred R. Ferguson (1965). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume V: 1835-1838”, p.274, Harvard University Press
An original sentence, a step forward, is worth more than all the censures.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Ernest Spiller, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Joseph Slater, Jean Ferguson Carr (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: English traits”, p.4, Harvard University Press
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.419, Library of America
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.213, Penguin
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.436
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations”, p.297
And striving to be Man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.32, Penguin
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1972). “Early Lectures: 1838-1842”, p.253, Harvard University Press