:: I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson , Enough Said huh?
But he said this:
:: Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
And we will always quote him.
:: Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.
:: Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
:: What you are thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.
:: The age of a woman doesn’t mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest
fiddles.
:: Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.
:: Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
:: Every wall is a door.
:: Every man I meet is in some way my superior.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson on Modesty
:: Every artist was first an amateur.
:: A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
:: What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
:: This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
:: People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
:: Every burned book enlightens the world.
:: Nothing external to you has any power over you.
:: Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
:: It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
:: An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
:: Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson on Beauty
:: Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
:: Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.
:: These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is danger.
:: If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
:: A good indignation brings out all one’s powers.
:: People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.
:: Courage consists in the power of self-recovery.
:: Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
:: Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.
:: Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
:: The highest revelation is that God is in every man.
:: For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
~Anger quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
:: Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.
:: Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.
:: Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
:: Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
~This Quote inspired Paulo Cuelho
:: Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
:: Every hero becomes a bore at last.
:: All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
:: Men are what their mothers made them.
:: Pictures must not be too picturesque.
:: Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
:: As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.
:: Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
~Fate Quote by Ralph Emerson
:: Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
:: Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
:: We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears beauty.
:: A great man is always willing to be little.
:: Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.
~On genious by Ralph Waldo Emerson
:: Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.
:: A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
:: All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
:: The faith that stand on authority is not faith.
:: Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.
:: Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
:: Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.
~Fear Quotation by Ralph Waldo Emerson
:: As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.
:: For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
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