Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes - Page 3

• I suffer whenever I see that common sight of a parent or senior imposing his opinion and way of thinking and being on a young soul to which they are totally unfit. Cannot we let people be themselves, and enjoy life in their own way? You are trying to make that man another you. One's enough.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Senior, Men, Thinking

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2742, Delphi Classics

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• To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• The only thing that can grow is the thing you give energy to.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Leadership, Giving, Energy

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• Each of us sees in others what we carry in our own hearts.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Heart

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• Do what you fear and your fear will die.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Encouraging, Fear, Dies

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• Successful people live well, laugh often, and love much. They've filled a niche and accomplished tasks so as to leave the world better than they found it, while looking for the best in others, and giving the best they have.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Successful, People, Giving

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• Nothing external to you has any power over you.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Positive, Powerful, Caring

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• We don't grow old. When we cease to grow, we become old.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Grows, Cease

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  Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Confidence, Dream, Mistake

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joel Porte (1982). “Emerson in His Journals”, p.206, Harvard University Press

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• If you want to be great and successful, choose people who are great and successful and walk side by side with them.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Leadership, Successful, People

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• Self-trust is the first secret of success.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Motivational, Success, Trust

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.148, Harvard University Press

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• 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

  Inspirational, Morning, Happy Life

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• Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Attitude, Hard Times

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• People only see what they are prepared to see.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Change, Spiritual

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joel Porte (1982). “Emerson in His Journals”, p.514, Harvard University Press

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• Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• The first wealth is health.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Fitness, Yoga

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.972, Library of America

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• Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Strength, Success

  "The American Scholar". Ralph Waldo Emerson's Oration delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, at Cambridge, emersoncentral.com. August 31, 1837.

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• None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Past, Accomplishment, Achievement

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2664, Delphi Classics

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• What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Leadership, Communication

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• The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Success, Believe

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• Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Powerful, Greatness, Use

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2004). “A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year”, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

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• It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Best Friend, Friendship, Positive

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joel Porte (1982). “Emerson in His Journals”, p.195, Harvard University Press

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• The only way to have a friend is to be one.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Friendship, True Friend

  Essays "Friendship" (1841)

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• If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Confidence, Self Esteem, Love Yourself

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.56, Harvard University Press

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• Neither you nor the world knows what you can do until you have tried.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Motivational, World, Algebra

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