Quotes about Inspiration
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tis not in the high stars alone, Nor in the cup of budding flowers, Nor in the redbreast's mellow tone, Nor in the bow that smiles in showers, But in the mud and scum of things There alway, alway something sings.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
and beauty and goodness comes to each man directly, in flashes of spiritual light
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
For poetry was all written before time was, and whenever we are so finely organized that we can penetrate into that region where the air is music, we hear those primal warblings, and attempt to write them down...
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The ancestor of every action is a thought. Ralph Waldo Emerson
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
As a plant upon the earth, so a man rests upon the bosom of God; he is nourished by unfailing fountains, and draws, at his need, inexhaustible power. Who can set bounds to the possibilities of man?
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is too short to waste In critic peep or cynic bark, Quarrel or reprimand: 'Twill soon be dark; Up, heed thine own aim, and God speed the mark!
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind, and when the same thought occurs to another man, it is the key to that era.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The true poem is the poet's mind; the true ship is the ship-builder.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
He thought it happier to be dead, To die for Beauty, than live for bread.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him
— Ralph Waldo Emerson