Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Collection compiled by Catherine Pulsifer"The ancestor of every action is a thought."
"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,
we must carry it with us or we find it not."
"Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones."
"What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say."
"The man who can make hard things easy is the educator."
"Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances."
"Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great."
"Finish each day and be done with it.
You have done what you could;
some blunders and absurdities have crept in;
forget them as soon as you can.
Tomorrow is a new day;
you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit
to be encumbered with your old nonsense."
"Many time the reading of a book has made the future of a man."
"Science does not know its debt to imagination."
"Some books leave us free and some books make us free."
"Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories."
"Do not be too timid or squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment."
Born: 1803
Died: 1882
Ralph Waldo Emerson was one of the most influential literary figures of the 19th century. He was a poet, essayist, and author. He gave many lectures on his work.
His work influenced many in his time and still influences people today. A few of his many works include: The Conduct of Life, Society and Solitude, Letters and Social Aims.
Related:
not in never failing,
but in rising up
every time we fail."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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