Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

“All great speakers were bad speakers first.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“What you are speaks so loudly, I can’t hear what you are saying.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We are always getting ready to live but never living.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The reward of a thing well done is having done it.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The first wealth is health.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The ancestor of every action is a thought.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson