Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes Page 3

“Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Enthusiasm |

Speak the affirmative; emphasize your choice by utter ignoring of all that you reject.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Choices |

The years teach much which the days never know.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Age |

The world is plentiful with honey, but only the humble bee can collect it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Funny Quotes about Life |

Stay at home in your mind. Don’t recite other people’s opinions.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Gossip |

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character |

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Death |

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sharing |

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Inspirational Quotes |

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Honesty |

The only thing that can grow is the thing you give energy to.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Focus |

A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. Anger is an uncontrollable feeling that betrays what you are when you are not yourself. Anger is that powerful internal force that blows out the light of reason. Know this to be the enemy: it is anger, born of desire.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Anger |

To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Time |

Music causes us to think eloquently.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Music |

I fear the popular notion of success stands in direct opposition in all points to the real and wholesome success. One adores public opinion, the other, private opinion; one, fame, the other, desert; one, feats, the other, humility; one, lucre, the other, love; one, monopoly, and the other, hospitality of mind.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Success |

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

“Do not be too timid or squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quotes about Life |

“Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Achievment |

“Live well,
Learn plenty,
Laugh often,
Love much.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Laughter Quotes |

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

“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wise |

“…To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Success |

“Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Common Sense |

“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God’s handwriting – a wayside sacrament.”Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
God |

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

“Life is a progress, and not a station.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Graduation |

“The efforts which we make to escape from our destiny only serve to lead us into it.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Effort |

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