Ralph Waldo Emerson Sayings and Quotes

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.'

No sensible person ever made an apology. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I see that sensible men and conscientious men all over the world were of one religion of well-doing and daring. Ralph Waldo Emerson
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo Emerson
To fill the hour—that is happiness. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man moves in all modes, by legs of horses, by wings of winds, by steam, by gas of balloon, by electricity, and stands on tiptoe threatening to hunt the eagle in his own element. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beware of jokes from which we go away hollow and ashamed. Ralph Waldo Emerson
As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every man is grave alone. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Give me insight into today and you may have the antique and future world. Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the woods we return to reason and faith. Ralph Waldo Emerson
No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing. Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are men whose manners have the same essential splendor as the simple and awful sculpture on the friezes of the Parthenon, and the remains of the earliest Greek art. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The art of sculpture is long ago perished to any real effect... it is the game of a rude and youthful people, and not the manly labour of a wise and spiritual nation. Ralph Waldo Emerson
What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I know too well how slowly we edge along sideways to every thing good & brilliant in our lives & how casually and unobservedly we make all our most valued acquaintances. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cunning is strength withheld. Ralph Waldo Emerson
First be a good animal. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The first wealth is health. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every noble activity makes room for itself. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature is reckless of the individual. When she has points to carry, she carries them. Ralph Waldo Emerson
What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cunning is strength withheld. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Among provocatives, the next best thing to good preaching is bad preaching. Ralph Waldo Emerson
It's all about the journey, not the destination. Ralph Waldo Emerson
All history is biography. Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is properly no history; only biography. Ralph Waldo Emerson
History – a biography of a few stout and earnest persons. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Echo waits with art and care, and will the faults of song repair. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions. Ralph Waldo Emerson