A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer. Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes From Ralph Waldo Emerson There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. Ralph Waldo Emerson suicidehopeeducation The highest revelation is that God is in every man. Ralph Waldo Emerson revelationsevery-manmen Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. Ralph Waldo Emerson positiveinspirationallife What I must do is all that concerns me, not what people think. This rule,equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. Ralph Waldo Emerson greatnesslearningmen Sitting back in the evening, stargazing and stroking your dog, is an infallible remedy. Ralph Waldo Emerson sittingpetdog The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and foreordained and he only holds the key to his own secret. Ralph Waldo Emerson educationinspiringlying If a man's eye is on the Eternal, his intellect will grow. Ralph Waldo Emerson intelligenteyemen The only way to have a friend is to be one. Ralph Waldo Emerson true-friendinspirationalfriendship Allow yourself to trust joy and embrace it. You will find you dance with everything. Ralph Waldo Emerson dancingjoyhappiness Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. Ralph Waldo Emerson motivationalinspirationallife Self-trust is the first secret of success. Ralph Waldo Emerson trustsuccessmotivational Neither you nor the world knows what you can do until you have tried. Ralph Waldo Emerson algebramotivationalworld We must be our own before we can be another's. Ralph Waldo Emerson soulmatelove-yourselffriendship On the other side, the conservative party, composed of the most moderate, able, and cultivated part of the population, is timid, and merely defensive of property. It vindicates no right, it aspires to no real good, it brands no crime, it proposes no generous policy, it does not build, nor write, nor cherish the arts, nor foster religion, nor establish schools, nor encourage science, nor emancipate the slave, nor befriend the poor, or the Indian, or the immigrant. Ralph Waldo Emerson realwritingart With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now. Ralph Waldo Emerson moving-forwardtimeinspirational Do what you fear and your fear will die. Ralph Waldo Emerson encouragingdiesfear A friend is a person who goes around saying nice things about you behind your back. Ralph Waldo Emerson behind-your-backcute-friendshipnice Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul. Ralph Waldo Emerson judgmentsoulworld 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 timeinspirationallife Every wall is a door. Ralph Waldo Emerson wallattitudeinspirational
