Top 4 Waldo Emerson Quotes

President Heber J. Grant often quoted the following statement, which is sometimes attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson: “That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do-not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.'

Heber J. Grant

President, Sometimes, Waldo Emerson

The ancestor of every action is a thought. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

David Allen

Action, Waldo Emerson, Ancestor Worship

David Allen (2015). “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity”, p.35, Penguin

When [Ralph Waldo] Emerson visited Thoreau in jail and asked, 'What are you doing in there?' it was reported that Thoreau replied, 'What are you doing out there?'

Howard Zinn

Jail, Waldo Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Howard Zinn (2015). “A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present”, p.156, Routledge