Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes - page 21

Oh, tenderly the haughty day Fills his blue urn with fire. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude. View quote
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Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. View quote
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Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for. View quote
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Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the shooting of the gulf, in the darting to an aim. View quote
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Character teaches above our wills. View quote
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We cannot overstate our debt to the Past, but the moment has the supreme claim. View quote
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All educated Americans, first or last, go to Europe. View quote
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The world globes itself in a drop of dew. View quote
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Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. View quote
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A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Beauty will not come at the call of a legislature, nor will it repeat in England or America its history in Greece. It will come, as always, unannounced, and spring up between the feet of brave and earnest men. View quote
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Explore, and explore, and explore. Be neither chided nor flattered out of your position of perpetual inquiry. Neither dogmatise yourself, nor accept another's dogmatism. View quote
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The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence. Nature never wears a mean appearance. View quote
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The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. View quote
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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. View quote
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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. View quote
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Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. View quote
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Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up. View quote
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You are constantly invited to be what you are. View quote
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Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can offer with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation, but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings. View quote
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The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and foreordained and he only holds the key to his own secret. View quote
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Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and once it has done so, he/she will have to accept that his life will be radically changed. View quote
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There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes. View quote
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