Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.

If it can affect me, if it has meaning to me, if I feel I can do it well, I will do it and record it and thats why I recorded these songs.

Every youth owes it to himself and to the world to make the most possible out of the stuff that is in him.

I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet.

Christine and the Queens is born out of a particular moment in my life where I was quite low.

Each of us at any time and space is doing the very best we can with what we have.

No one should therefore fear that he cannot accomplish what others have accomplished, for, men are born, live, and die in quite the same way they always have.

You have success within. It's up to you to bring it out.

To come from no voice, no power, and to be able to achieve what I have means that only my own personal vision holds me back.

I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

Love is what makes you do everything. It really does conquer all. With my first album, I was writing about empowerment hoping that would make it true. And now it is. I'm in charge. I make the rules. I've been writing since I was nine years old and I'm very much involved in the creative process. And now that I'm in a happier place in my personal life, I'm spitting songs out left and right.

On our track to success, we have to fight the tendency to look at others and see how far they've come. The only thing that counts is how we use the potential we possess and that we run our race to the best of our abilities.

Simply according artistic works the same protection as nonartistic works may not be sufficient to protect creativity. After all, the very essence of artistic expression is invention and artists necessarily draw on their own experience. But if the rules of liability are unclear, artists will not be able to know how much disguise is sufficient to protect their claims from the claims of those who may see themselves in the portrayals.

I am bigger and stronger than ever. My Chen Taiji and health regimen has served me well all of these years, thanks to Master Ren Guang-yi. I look forward to being on stage performing, and writing more songs to connect with your hearts and spirits and the universe well into the future.

The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job.

In philosophy equally as in poetry it is the highest and most useful prerogative of genius to produce the strongest impressions of novelty, while it rescues admitted truths from the neglect caused by the very circumstance of their universal admission.

There's no bad writing; you did something. I was operating inside language, and I did something. I'm not ashamed of it.

Poetry has in a way been my bridge to my acting career. I had so many questions about my life, so I took to poetry to express my questions. I had questions about politics, family relationships, and more.

I never imagined I'd write a book.

Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-incurred immaturity.

Only human beings can reorder their lives any day they choose by refining their philosophy.

You plus nothing equals everything.

My advice to women who habitually gravitate toward musicians is that they learn how to play an instrument and start making music themselves. Not only will they see that it's not that hard, but sometimes I think women just want to be the very thing they think they want to sleep with. Because if you're bright enough--no offense, Tawny Kitaen--sleeping with a musician probably won't be enough for you to feel good about yourself. Even if he writes you a song for your birthday. Don't you know that a musician who writes a song for you is like a baker you're dating making you a cake? Aim higher.

Truth is not the enemy and whatever does not kill us, sets us free.

If you can dream it, you can do it. Your limits are all within yourself.