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Famous Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson“ Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Dreams “ People only see what they are prepared to see. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Awareness “ The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Goals “ Fear always springs from ignorance ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Ignorance “ A great man is always willing to be little. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Wisdom “ Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Attitude “ Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Acceptance “ Success: 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 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 even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded! ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Wisdom “ All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man had taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of you first. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Wisdom “ Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Confidence “ We are wiser than we know. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Mankind “ We must be our own before we can be another's. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Mankind “ The only gift is a portion of thyself. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Generosity “ Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Life “ What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Life “ Man is a piece of the universe made alive ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Mankind “ Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Wisdom “ Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Trust “ Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Awareness “ The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Acceptance “ What greater pain could mortals have than this: To see their children dead before their eyes? ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Death “ Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Confidence “ You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Awareness “ A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of the fine arts. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Wisdom “ Every artist was first an amateur. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Art “ A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree; or draw a child by studying the outlines of its form merely... but by watching for a time his motions and plays, the painter enters into his nature and can then draw him at every attitude... ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Death “ Insist on yourself; never imitate. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Confidence “ It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Death “ Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Wisdom “ Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Wisdom “ Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Awareness “ All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Life “ Adhere to your own act, and congratulate yourself if you have done somethingstrange and extravagant, and broken the monotony of a decorous age. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Life “ The years teach much which the days never knew. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Age “ There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Children “ Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Goals “ A good intention clothes itself with power. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Intentions “ It is not length of life, but depth of life. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Life “ Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Wisdom “ A man is what he thinks about all day long. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Wisdom “ The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Politics “ A mans growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Awareness “ All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Wisdom “ There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Ignorance “ I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Gratitude “ Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Dreams “ All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the terms of it fair. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Awareness “ Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant to break the monotony of a decorous age. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Life “ He who has a thousand friends Has not a friend to spare, While he who has one enemy Shall meet him everywhere. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Friendship “ What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. ” Ralph Waldo Emerson | Awareness |
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