John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6272 Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6272 |
| AUTHOR: | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) |
| QUOTATION: | If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Nature. Addresses and Lectures. The American Scholar. |
| Note 1. Everything comes if a man will only wait.—Disraeli: Tancred, book iv. chap. viii. [back] |