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.'
Every hero becomes a bore at last.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is only a projection of his own soul, which he admires.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Pride ruined the angels.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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What I need is someone who will make me do what I can.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Insist on yourself; never imitate... Every great man is unique.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Life is a progress, and not a station.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We change, whether we like it or not.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Make yourself necessary to the world and mankind will give you bread.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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All promise outruns performance.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The ancestor of every action is a thought.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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How much of human life is lost in waiting.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Faithless To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It is very hard to be simple enough to be good.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it; at any rate, brag.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.Ralph Waldo Emerson