Things refuse to be mismanaged for long. Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Quote More from Ralph Waldo Emerson “Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.” “You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.” “Ideas must work through the brains and arms of men, or they are no better than …” “The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.”