I hate the prostitution of the name of friendship to signify modish and worldly alliances. Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes From Ralph Waldo Emerson The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without. Ralph Waldo Emerson successinspirationalbelieve A house is made with walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams. Ralph Waldo Emerson walldreamhome Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. Ralph Waldo Emerson will-and-determinationcareersself-esteem [T]omorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well & serenely, & with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day ... is too dear with its hopes & invitations to waste a moment on the rotten yesterdays. Ralph Waldo Emerson yesterdayinspiringnew-day Good thoughts are no better than good dreams if you don't follow through. Ralph Waldo Emerson good-thoughtsdreamaction No matter how often defeated, you are born to victory. Ralph Waldo Emerson defeated-youvictorymatter Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. Ralph Waldo Emerson humorinspirationalfunny It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson birthdayinspirationallife The secret in education lies in respecting the student. Ralph Waldo Emerson educationteacherphilosophy Our knowledge is the amassed thought and experience of innumerable minds. Ralph Waldo Emerson mindknowledge Do not follow where the path may lead. Ralph Waldo Emerson graduationadventuretravel You will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. Ralph Waldo Emerson self-reliancesolitudethinking Every great man is unique. Ralph Waldo Emerson greatnessuniqueinspirational Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide. Ralph Waldo Emerson ignorancesuicidecourage You are constantly invited to be what you are. Ralph Waldo Emerson invited The ancestor of every action is a thought. Ralph Waldo Emerson positive-thinkinglearningknowledge One can never truly savor success until first tasting adversity. Ralph Waldo Emerson tastingadversityfirsts One idea lights a thousand candles. Ralph Waldo Emerson ideationlightideas Why should I cumber myself with regrets that the receiver is not capacious? It never troubles the sun that some of his rays fall wide and vain into ungrateful space, and only a small part on the reflecting planet. Let your greatness educate the crude and cold companion. Ralph Waldo Emerson greatnessregretfall No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my constitution; the only wrong is what is against it. Ralph Waldo Emerson naturelawnames