A man in the wrong may more easily be convinced than one half right. Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes From Ralph Waldo Emerson What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour? Ralph Waldo Emerson carpe-diemhalftime Postpone not your life. Ralph Waldo Emerson procrastination Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being. Ralph Waldo Emerson heartmenhands The next best thing to saying a good thing yourself is to quote one. Ralph Waldo Emerson best-thingsnextgood-things I wish that life should not be cheap, but sacred. I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant. Ralph Waldo Emerson mindfulnesswishlife If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads. Ralph Waldo Emerson wisdomeducationbook A man becomes what he thinks about most of the time Ralph Waldo Emerson menthinking Money is of no value; it cannot spend itself. All depends on the skill of the spender. Ralph Waldo Emerson dependsmoneyskills Our best thoughts come from others. Ralph Waldo Emerson humility If you want to be great and successful, choose people who are great and successful and walk side by side with them. Ralph Waldo Emerson successfulleadershippeople Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson fearmotivationalinspirational Insist upon yourself. Be original. Ralph Waldo Emerson funny-basketballoriginalitycreating The virtue you would like to have, assume it is already yours, appropriate it, enter into the part and live the character just as the great actor is absorbed in... the part he plays. Ralph Waldo Emerson actorsplaycharacter Sorrow makes us all children again. Ralph Waldo Emerson griefcondolenceschildren We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities. Ralph Waldo Emerson motivationalpositiveinspirational Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Learn from it... tomorrow is a new day. Ralph Waldo Emerson motivationalinspirationalnew-day Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson sunshineflowerbeauty How cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew! Ralph Waldo Emerson good-morningnatureflower Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Ralph Waldo Emerson irontrustheart The meaning of good and bad, of better and worse, is simply helping or hurting. Ralph Waldo Emerson hurtevilintegrity
