5 Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes on Potential

Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes on potential

59. A man is a god in ruins.

82. All that Shakespeare says of the king, yonder slip of a boy that reads in the corner feels to be true of himself.

176. Though thou loved her as thyself, As a self of purer clay, Tho' her parting dims the day, Stealing grace from all alive, Heartily know, When half-gods go, The gods arrive.

205. Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

220. So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.