Browsing Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson, page 1
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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
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Life is a festival only to the wise
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As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions.
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Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.
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Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
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The force of character is cumulative. All the forgone days of virtue work their health into this. What makes the majesty of heroes? The consciousness of a train of great days and victories behind. They shed their united light on the advancing actor. He is attended by a visible escort of angels.
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The height of great men reached and kept
Were not obtained by sudden flight;
But while their companions slept
Were toiling upward in the night.Speaker: Ralph Waldo EmersonPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 11:45 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place but, far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
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What you are is God’s gift to you; what you do with yourself is your gift to God.
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A man is what he thinks about all day long.
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The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
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Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
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Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your own actions. All life is an experiment.
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Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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The man who can make hard things easy is the educator.
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As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.
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There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant.
Speaker: Ralph Waldo EmersonSource: 4 Hour WorkweekPosted: 26 Aug 2008 at 8:22 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment!