Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes about Perseverance

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By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great.

By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great.

Perseverance, Persistence, Littles

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Self-Reliance and Other Essays”, p.49, Courier Corporation

Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. The mind does not create what it perceives, anymore than the eye creates the rose.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Perseverance, Stay Strong, Eye

The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Perseverance, Teacher, Appreciation

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1963). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.169, Harvard University Press

The force of character is cumulative.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Perseverance, Character, Force

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Jean Ferguson Carr (1987). “The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.34, Harvard University Press

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 has taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of your first.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Motivational, Perseverance, Life And Love

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.3084, Delphi Classics