Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson sayings, and Ralph Waldo Emerson proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There is always a best way of doing everything, if it be to boil an egg. Manners are the happy ways of doing things. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so much in retrospect, that the amount of each person's genius is confined to a very few hours.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We fancy men are individuals; so are pumpkins; but every pumpkin in the field goes through every point of pumpkin history.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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All the tools and engines on earth are only extensions of man's limbs and senses.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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People who wash much have a high mind about it, and talk down to those who wash little.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It's a luxury to be understood.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Sugar is not so sweet to the palate as sound to the healthy ear.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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What we call results are beginnings.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Do not shut up the young people against their will in a pew, and force the children to ask them questions for an hour against their will.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Circles, like the soul, are neverending and turn round and round without a stop.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts; but as soon as we have learned what to do with them, they become our own. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We aim above the mark to hit the mark.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The private life of one man shall be a more illustrious monarchy,--more formidable to its enemy, more sweet and serene in its influence to its friend, than any kingdom in history. For a man, rightly viewed, comprehendeth the particular natures of all men.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but by awakening a pure interest in knowledge.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The influence of fine scenery, the presence of mountains, appeases our irritations and elevates our friendships.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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What is life but the angle of vision? A man is measured by the angle at which he looks at objects.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The instincts of the ant are very unimportant, considered as the ants; but the moment a ray of relation is seen to be a monitor, a little body with a mighty heart, then all its habits, even that said to be recently observed, that it never sleeps, become sublime.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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London is the epitome of our times, and the Rome of to-day.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The only prudence in life is concentration. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The eye of prudence may never shut. Ralph Waldo Emerson