Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes And Sayings

by allinspiration.com

Here is a collation of Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes and sayings. He was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, and he led the Transcendentalist movement in the middle of the19th century.

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Always do what you are afraid to do.”
– 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

“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is not the length of life, but the depth.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is easy in the world to live after the worlds opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The earth laughs in flowers.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Life is a journey, not a destination.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Make the most of yourself….for that is all there is of you.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Be not the slave of your own past – plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

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