Every man's task is his life-preserver.
More Quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson:
Life is a festival only to the wise.Ralph Waldo Emerson
The never-ending task of self improvement.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
People wish to be settled. It is only as far as they are unsettled that there is any hope for them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem. Punishment is a fruit that, unsuspected, ripens within the flower of the pleasure that concealed it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The years teach much which the days never know.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Keywords: life-preserverOdd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order.
Virginia Woolf
I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things.
Lech Walesa
I've never had a drink of alcohol or any drug in my life.
Penn Jillette