"Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Topic(s): Great Tags: acquire, before, great, power More From Ralph Waldo Emerson "Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment." "God enters by a private door into every individual." "The highest revelation is that God is in every man." More In Great "As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing."― Francois de La Rochefoucauld "Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went."― Omar Khayyam "At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest."― Samuel Johnson