Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

We forget the little things, so it's no wonder some of us screw up the big things.

Too many people get lost in the game of having a good time and being naive about things.

It is correct that I overlooked the contamination of the party, not just now but also in the past.

During the times of peace and prosperity a leader becomes careless and unmindful of the future

He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.

If you go through life being casual, you will end up a casualty

Seven national crimes: 1. I don't think. 2. I don't know. 3. I don't care. 4. I am too busy. 5. I leave well enough alone. 6. I have no time to read and find out. 7. I am not interested.

Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge

Nearly all our ills are the result of neglect in some way or other. And this truth may be said to apply to the ills of nations as well. Negligence is at the bottom of all decay. And decay always starts by showing little signs-or warnings. Then is the time to show interest and to be alert. There is nothing quite so easy as to neglect, and nothing quite so difficult as to repair that negligence. Negligence always carries a high price. It costs nothing to avoid it!

Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction.

Taking things lightly must lead to big difficulties.

Familiarity breeds contempt only when it breeds inattention.

Don't take the casual approach to life. Casualness leads to casualties.

Our fall is always first a failure to give thanks.

Trees on a riverbank, a woman in another man's house, and kings without counselors go without doubt to swift destruction.

Prudence is a duty which we owe ourselves, and if we will be so much our own enemies as to neglect it, we are not to wonder if the world is deficient in discharging their duty to us; for when a man lays the foundation of his own ruin, others too often are apt to build upon it.

People get careless when they're feeling safe.

When habit has strengthened our sense of duties, they leave us no time for other things; but when young we neglect them and this gives us time for anything.

Fire is always ready to burn the hand it warms.

When you're very successful, you become careless and try to turn many things into routine.

More people are ruined by victory, I imagine, than be defeat.

When something comes easy, you usually let it go the same way.

Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

A wound gets worse when it's treated with neglect.