Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes About Business
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Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.
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The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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The right merchant is one who has the just average of faculties we call common sense; a man of a strong affinity for facts, who makes up his decision on what he has seen. He is thoroughly persuaded of the truths of arithmetic. There is always a reason, in the man, for his good or bad fortune in making money. Men talk as if there were some magic about this. He knows that all goes on the old road, pound for pound, cent for cent - for every effect a perfect cause - and that good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.
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If two or three persons should come with a high spiritual aim and with great powers, the world would fall into their hands like a ripe peach.
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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
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Every artist was first an amateur.
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The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business-tone, avoids all brag, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not at all, performs much, speaks in monosyllables, hugs his fact.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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We must hold a man amenable to reason for the choice of his daily craft or profession. It is not an excuse any longer for his deeds that they are the custom of his trade. What business has he with an evil trade?
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Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.
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Every wall is a door.
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