Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Men are what their mothers made them.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Every artist was first an amateur.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

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

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

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

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

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

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

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

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.