Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was a American philosopher and poet in the 19th century. Emerson was also a leading Transcendentalist. He was considered one of the great orators of all time. Emerson captured all crowds with his enthusiasm and respect for his audience. The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Modern Library Classics)

"A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him; wherever he goes."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Always do what you are afraid to do. "
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense"
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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