Quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.View Quote →
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  Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.View Quote →
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  The only way to have a friend is to be one.View Quote →
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  Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed.View Quote →
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  What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.View Quote →
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  Our distrust is very expensive.View Quote →
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  We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.View Quote →
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  If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.View Quote →
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  Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.View Quote →
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  Great are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.View Quote →
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  Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.View Quote →
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  What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.View Quote →
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  So is cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more remains.View Quote →
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  Do not waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  Imagination is not a talent of some men but is the health of every man.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  Go put your creed into the deed. Nor speak with double tongue.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  We aim above the mark to hit the mark.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  Life is a progress, and not a station.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  Self-trust is the first secret of success.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  The years teach much which the days never know.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.View Quote →
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  Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.View Quote →
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  Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  Before we acquire great power, we must acquire wisdom to use it well.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  We are wiser than we know.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  Skill to do comes of doing.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →
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  The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.Ralph Waldo EmersonView Quote →