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Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
28 Total
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a gard…
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better. What if they are a little coarse, and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up again, you shall never be…
Ralph Waldo Emerson
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The years teach us much the days never knew.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The courage of the tiger is one, and of the horse another.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Make the most of yourself, For that is all there is of you.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another with helping himself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
In every work of genius, we recognize our once rejected thoughts.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who would be a man must therefore be a non-conformist.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications … are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do not say things. What you are stands over you the while and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Desire is possibility seeking expression.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A great part of courage is having done the thing before.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.
Ralph Waldo Emerson