Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes
54 quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Topics: Famous Quotes, Friendship, Life, Success, Wisdom.
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“Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.”
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“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.”
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“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.”
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“To be great is to be misunderstood.”
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“Our strength grows out of our weaknesses.”
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“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.”
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“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.”
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“Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.”
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“Life is a progress, and not a station.”
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“Self-trust is the first secret of success.”
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“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
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“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
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“If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.”
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“Before we acquire great power, we must acquire wisdom to use it well.”
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“Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines.”
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“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.”
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“Our distrust is very expensive.”
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“Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.”
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“Skill to do comes of doing.”
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“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.”
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“Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; Unbelief, in denying them.”
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“The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.”
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“Imagination is not a talent of some men but is the health of every man.”
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“We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.”
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“Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.”
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“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your reactions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”
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“Truth, and goodness, and beauty are but different faces of the same all.”
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“Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.”
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“The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.”
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“In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.”
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“So is cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more remains.”
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“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”
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“Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.”
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“A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends”
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“Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.”
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“Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed.”
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“Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.”
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“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
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“The years teach much which the days never know.”
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“It is only when the mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen.”
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“Great are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.”
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“Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.”
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“Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.”
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“Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.”
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“We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.”
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“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
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“If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and adore.”
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“We are wiser than we know.”
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“Do not waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.”
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“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”