Ralph Waldo Emerson Sayings and Quotes

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.'

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tis the good reader that makes the good book. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth. Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is the eye that makes the horizon. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only true gift is a portion of yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The brevity of human life gives a melancholy to the profession of the architect. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do that which is assigned to you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life be not so short but that there is always time for courtesy. Ralph Waldo Emerson
God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please - you can never have both. Ralph Waldo Emerson
What we call results are beginnings. Ralph Waldo Emerson
You become what you think about all day long. Ralph Waldo Emerson
To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy is to set your own conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them. Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the morning a man walks with his whole body in the evening, only with his legs. Ralph Waldo Emerson
For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The world makes way for a man who knows where he is going. Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke of imagination. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Build, therefore, your own world. As fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold its great proportions. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins Ralph Waldo Emerson
We aim above the mark to hit the mark. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be. Ralph Waldo Emerson
There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep. Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after your own, but a great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. Ralph Waldo Emerson
When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost-work , but the solidest thing we know. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Heaven is large, and affords space for all modes of love and fortitude. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our spontaneous action is always the best . You cannot, with your best deliberation and heed, come so close to any question as your spontaneous glance shall bring you. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The illuminated mind the whole world sparkles with light. Ralph Waldo Emerson
To a dull mind all of nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light. Ralph Waldo Emerson