Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes about Inspirational - Page 4

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

Inspirational, Life, Birthday

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VIII: Letters and Social Aims”, p.191, Harvard University Press

It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Graduation, Philosophy

'Essays' (1841) 'Self-Reliance'

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Fear, Failure

Essays "Prudence" (1841)

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

Inspirational, Expression, Self Reliance

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Self-Reliance and Other Essays”, p.35, Courier Corporation

The right merchant is one who has the just average of faculties we call common sense; a man of a strong affinity for facts, who makes up his decision on what he has seen. He is thoroughly persuaded of the truths of arithmetic. There is always a reason, in the man, for his good or bad fortune in making money. Men talk as if there were some magic about this. He knows that all goes on the old road, pound for pound, cent for cent - for every effect a perfect cause - and that good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Strong, Business

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.368

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love, Inspirational, Motivational

Accept your genius and say what you think.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Acceptance, Thinking

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Ernest Spiller, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Joseph Slater, Jean Ferguson Carr (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.297, Harvard University Press

Every great man is unique.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Unique, Greatness

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Self Improvement, Friendship Love

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.1095, Library of America

The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Essays". Volume 2,

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Life, Nature

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Ernest Spiller, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Joseph Slater, Jean Ferguson Carr (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature, addresses, and lectures”, p.128, Harvard University Press

It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Integrity, Self Esteem

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871”, p.97, University of Georgia Press

When we have arrived at the question, the answer is already near.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Deep Life, Answers

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joel Porte (1982). “Emerson in His Journals”, p.433, Harvard University Press

The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Soul, World

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.57, Library of America

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love, Inspirational, Life

Quoted in Moncare D. Conway, The Golden Hour (1862)

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Motivational, Cheating

Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Truth, Honesty

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.1122, Library of America

The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Beautiful, Men

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2011). “Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.136, Penguin

Insist on yourself. Never imitate.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Karma, Encouragement

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1964). “The Early Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.151, Harvard University Press

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.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Motivational, Single

But dare rather to quit the platform, plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, & swim far, so shall you come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain & overlook the old. Trust your emotion.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Peace, Power

"A Year with Emerson: A Daybook".