Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes - Page 16

• The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both sides.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Peace, Giving, Victory

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ronald A. Bosco (1982). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.76, Harvard University Press

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• Give all to love; Obey thy heart.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Love, Love You, Heart

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Albert J. Von Frank (2015). “Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Major Poetry”, p.81, Harvard University Press

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• Every great man is unique.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Unique, Greatness

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Love, Inspirational, Motivational

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• Knowledge is the only elegance.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Art, Philosophy, Knowledge

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871”, p.146, University of Georgia Press

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• What I need is someone who will make me do what I can.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Smart, Role Models, Addiction

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• Self-command is the main elegance.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Character, Self, Elegance

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1875). “Letters and Social Aims”, p.72

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• We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Individuality, Taught, Action

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2014). “The Portable Emerson”, p.35, Penguin

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• Life will show you masks that are worth all your carnivals

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Mask, Carnivals, Shows

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.487

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• What we call results are beginnings.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Perspective, Results

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1850). “Representative Men: Seven Lectures”, p.49

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• Make yourself necessary to somebody.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Self Improvement, Friendship Love

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.1095, Library of America

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• It is a luxury to be understood.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Luxury, Understanding, Understood

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1963). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1826-1832”

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• Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Self Esteem, Careers, Will And Determination

  Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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• Life is short but there is always time for courtesy.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Kindness, Compassion

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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.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Principles, May

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• Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Motivational, Truth, Honesty

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.165, Harvard University Press

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• Not in his goals but in his transitions, man is great.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Dance, Men, Goal

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.3100, Delphi Classics

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• The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Essays". Volume 2,

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• As we are, so we do; and as we do, so is it done to us; we are the builders of our fortunes.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Destiny, Done, Fortune

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.117, Harvard University Press

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• We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Ice Cream, House, Dessert

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.133, Рипол Классик

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• Wealth brings with it its own checks and balances. The basis of political economy is noninterference. The only safe rule is found in the self-adjusting meter of demand and supply. Open the doors of opportunity to talent and virtue and they will do themselves justice, and property will not be in bad hands. In a free and just commonwealth, property rushes from the idle and imbecile to the industrious, brave and persevering.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Opportunity, Doors, Self

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• Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Love, Beauty, Art

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Stephen E. Whicher (1959). “The Early Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.102, Harvard University Press

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• Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. The mind does not create what it perceives, anymore than the eye creates the rose.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Perseverance, Stay Strong, Eye

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• Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Motivational, Attitude, Character

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1976). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume XII: 1835-1862”, p.69, Harvard University Press

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• The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Funny, Friendship, Prayer

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “Culture, Behavior, Beauty: Books, Art Eloquence. Power, Wealth, Illusions”

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