Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

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

"Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting."

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

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

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

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit."

"The first wealth is health."

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

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

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."

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

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."

"Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying."

"The earth laughs in flowers."

"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen."

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

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

"A man is what he thinks about all day long."

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

"A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature."

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

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

"Always do what you are afraid to do."

"The years teach much which the days never know."

"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."

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

"Nobody can bring you peace but yourself."

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

"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."