Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
2017 citations
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Life
24

More Author Quotes

That which we do not believe, we cannot adequately say; even though we may repeat the words ever so often. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1851). Essays, lectures and orations, p.73
There are not in the world at any one time more than a dozen persons who read and understand Plato:-never enough to pay for an edition of his works; yet to every generation these come duly down, for … ▶
The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871, p.142, University of Georgia Press
Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). The Conduct of Life, p.48, Harvard Univers … ▶
It is easy to see that a greater self-reliance must work a revolution in all the offices and relations of men; in their religion; in their education; in their pursuits; their modes of living; their a … ▶

Most Cited Authors

27

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

27

Curated Author Quotes

82 Unforgettable 🦇 Batman Quotes