Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes And Sayings

Nobody Can Bring You Peace But Yourself.

It Is Not Length Of Life, But Depth Of Life.

We Aim Above The Mark To Hit The Mark.

People Only See What They Are Prepared To See.

Though We Travel The World Over To Find The Beautiful, We Must Carry It With Us Or We Find It Not.

Love Of Beauty Is Taste. The Creation Of Beauty Is Art.

Who You Are Speaks So Loudly I Can't Hear What You're Saying.

The Greatest Gift Is A Portion Of Thyself.

God Enters By A Private Door Into Every Individual.

Nothing Great Was Ever Achieved Without Enthusiasm.

The Earth Laughs In Flowers.

A Hero Is No Braver Than An Ordinary Man, But He Is Brave Five Minutes Longer.

Life Is A Succession Of Lessons Which Must Be Lived To Be Understood. All Is Riddle, And The Key To A Riddle Is Another Riddle.

You Cannot Do A Kindness Too Soon, For You Never Know How Soon It Will Be Too Late.

We Must Be Our Own Before We Can Be Another's.

Every Artist Was First An Amateur.

For Every Minute You Remain Angry, You Give Up Sixty Seconds Of Peace Of Mind.

We Are Rich Only Through What We Give, And Poor Only Through What We Refuse.

Hitch Your Wagon To A Star.

Win As If You Were Used To It, Lose As If You Enjoyed It For A Change.

We Gain The Strength Of The Temptation We Resist.

Always Do What You Are Afraid To Do.

The Man Of Genius Inspires Us With A Boundless Confidence In Our Own Powers.

The Invariable Mark Of Wisdom Is To See The Miraculous In The Common.

Do The Thing We Fear, And Death Of Fear Is Certain.

Money Often Costs Too Much.

Trust Your Instinct To The End, Though You Can Render No Reason.

What Lies Behind You And What Lies In Front Of You, Pales In Comparison To What Lies Inside Of You.

Fear Defeats More People Than Any Other One Thing In The World.

Every Mind Must Make Its Choice Between Truth And Repose. It Cannot Have Both.

The World Is All Gates, All Opportunities, Strings Of Tension Waiting To Be Struck.

The Creation Of A Thousand Forests Is In One Acorn.

The Sky Is The Daily Bread Of The Eyes.

Truth Is Beautiful, Without Doubt; But So Are Lies.

Pictures Must Not Be Too Picturesque.

Revolutions Go Not Backward.

The Highest Revelation Is That God Is In Every Man.

Nothing External To You Has Any Power Over You.

To Be Yourself In A World That Is Constantly Trying To Make You Something Else Is The Greatest Accomplishment.

What You Are Comes To You.

Great Men Are They Who See That Spiritual Is Stronger Than Any Material Force - That Thoughts Rule The World.

As Long As A Man Stands In His Own Way, Everything Seems To Be In His Way.

Power And Speed Be Hands And Feet.

The Age Of A Woman Doesn't Mean A Thing. The Best Tunes Are Played On The Oldest Fiddles.

Every Book Is A Quotation; And Every House Is A Quotation Out Of All Forests, And Mines, And Stone Quarries; And Every Man Is A Quotation From All His Ancestors.

Truth Is Handsomer Than The Affectation Of Love. Your Goodness Must Have Some Edge To It, Else It Is None.

A Man Is A Method, A Progressive Arrangement; A Selecting Principle, Gathering His Like To Him; Wherever He Goes.

People Disparage Knowing And The Intellectual Life, And Urge Doing. I Am Content With Knowing, If Only I Could Know.

We Are A Puny And Fickle Folk. Avarice, Hesitation, And Following Are Our Diseases.

A Friend May Well Be Reckoned The Masterpiece Of Nature.