Top 4251 Quotes & Sayings by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Last updated on September 11, 2024.
Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.
The earth laughs in flowers.
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
The years teach much which the days never know.
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.
The reward of a thing well done is having done it.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.
Beauty without expression is boring.
Always do what you are afraid to do.
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.
We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
The first wealth is health.
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.
Hitch your wagon to a star.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
Every artist was first an amateur.
Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.
All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.
Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.
Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.
Science does not know its debt to imagination.
Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
A great man is always willing to be little.
People only see what they are prepared to see.
Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.
The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
Every wall is a door.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole.
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