I am constrained every moment to acknowledge a higher origin for events than the will I call mine. Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes From Ralph Waldo Emerson We judge others by their actions but we judge ourselves by our intensions. Ralph Waldo Emerson beliefjudginginspirational He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. Ralph Waldo Emerson optimismanxietyoptimistic Life is a perpetual instruction in cause and effect. Ralph Waldo Emerson causesleadershiplife Accept your genius and say what you think. Ralph Waldo Emerson acceptanceinspirationalthinking It is rare to find a man who believes in his own thoughts or speaks that which he is created to say. As nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing, so nothing is more rare in any man than an act of his own...feel yourself, and be not daunted by things...The light by which we see this world comes out from the soul of the observer. Ralph Waldo Emerson lightmenbelieve Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer. Ralph Waldo Emerson coffeegeniusprayer Stand guard at the portal of your mind. Ralph Waldo Emerson portalmind There is always safety in valor. Ralph Waldo Emerson valorsafety Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory. Ralph Waldo Emerson workmotivationallife Earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson naturepositivehappiness No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character. Ralph Waldo Emerson angelchangecharacter Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house, a world; and beyond its world a heaven. Know then, that the world exists for you: build, therefore, your own world. Ralph Waldo Emerson househeavenworld There is a time when a man distinguishes the idea of felicity from the idea of wealth; it is the beginning of wisdom. Ralph Waldo Emerson wisdommenideas Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, - an open and noble temper. Ralph Waldo Emerson get-wellnoblehealth I am the lover of uncontained and immortal beauty. In the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in streets or villages. In the tranquil landscape, and especially in the distant line of the horizon, man beholds somewhat as beautiful as his own nature. Ralph Waldo Emerson horizonbeautifulmen Insist on yourself. Never imitate. Ralph Waldo Emerson karmaencouragementinspirational There are no fixtures in nature. The universe is fluid and volatile. Permanence is but a word of degrees. Ralph Waldo Emerson fixtureself-reliancedegrees Every man alone is sincere. Ralph Waldo Emerson gossiphypocrisymen The universe is represented in every one of it's particles. Everything is made of one hidden stuff. The world globes itself in a drop of dew. The true doctrine of omnipresence is that God appears with all His parts in every moss and cobweb. Ralph Waldo Emerson mossdewdoctrine What is the hardest task in the world? To think. Ralph Waldo Emerson tasksworldthinking
