Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson sayings, and Ralph Waldo Emerson proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
A good intention clothes itself with power.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile...it's the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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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.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Sanity is very rare; every man almost and every woman has a dash of madness.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The sanity of society is a balance of a thousand insanity's.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Sanity consists in not being subdued by your means. Fancy prices are paid for position, and for the culture of talent, but to thegrand interests, superficial success is of no account.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Where the banana grows man is sensual and cruel.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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No one is too big to be courteous, but some are too little.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A nation, like a tree, does not thrive well till it is engraffed with a foreign stock.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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What you are afraid to do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A good intention clothes itself with power.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A good intention clothes itself with sudden power. When a god wishes to ride, any chip or pebble will bud and shoot out winged feet, and serve him for a horse.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If a man sits down to think, he is immediately asked if he has a headache.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Patience and fortitude conquer all things.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Why should we grope among the dry bones of the past, or put the living generation into masquerade out of its faded wardrobe?Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Manners are very communicable: men catch them from each other.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.Ralph Waldo Emerson