Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes:
Ocupation: Essayist
Life: May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882
Birthday: May 25
Death: April 27
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean cannot be had.
source: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.32, Harvard University Press
topic: Leadership, Nice, Dirty, Vivacity, Dirty Water
