Ralph Waldo Emerson
In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which I cannot do with my whole heart. Having said this, I have said all.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or of actors, that imports.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Make yourself necessary to somebody.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men are what their mothers made them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
