Born May 25, 1803
Boston, Massachusetts
Died April 27, 1882 (aged 78)
Concord, Massachusetts
Was an American lecturer, essayist, and poet, best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.
~"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
~"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail."
~"Don't waste your life in doubts and fears: spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours or ages that follow it."
~"Challenge others to greatness. There are enough people who will hold out the low bar for people to step over. I want to be a person who holds up the high bar, causing people to have to run and jump with all their might. And when they clear that high bar, I want to be there celebrating with them"
~"Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries."
~"An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory."
~"All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason."
~"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail."
~"Don't waste your life in doubts and fears: spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours or ages that follow it."
~"Challenge others to greatness. There are enough people who will hold out the low bar for people to step over. I want to be a person who holds up the high bar, causing people to have to run and jump with all their might. And when they clear that high bar, I want to be there celebrating with them"
~"Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries."
~"An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory."
~"All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason."
