Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

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  To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Positive, Beauty

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  The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Smile, Confidence, Patience

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• Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in. Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Writing, Heart, Optimistic

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• Successful is the person who has lived well, laughed often and loved much, who has gained the respect of children, who leaves the world better than they found it, who has never lacked appreciation for the earth's beauty, who never fails to look for the best in others or give the best of themselves.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Appreciation, Children, Successful

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• What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Lying, Adversity, Hard Times

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• Eyes...They speak all languages.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Eye, Language, Speak

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  The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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  Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Positive, Worry

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• I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Motivational, Hilarious, Dream

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• Freedom is not the right to do as you please, but the liberty to do as you should.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Liberty, Should, Please

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• Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Powerful

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• Do what you fear and your fear will die.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Encouraging, Fear, Dies

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• Why should the way I feel depend on the thoughts in someone else's head?

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Way, Should, Feels

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• Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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• Knowledge is when you learn something new every day. Wisdom is when you let something go every day.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Something New

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• Your actions speak so loud, I can't hear what you say.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Action, Speak, Loud

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• Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Confidence, Self Esteem, Love Yourself

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.56, Harvard University Press

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• Be not the slave of your own past.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Past, Slave, Plunge

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Richard Lee Grossman (2005). “A Year with Emerson: A Daybook”, p.106, David R. Godine Publisher

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• We judge others by their actions but we judge ourselves by our intensions.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Judging, Belief

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• What I must do is all that concerns me, not what people think. This rule,equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. 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

  Learning, Greatness, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2017). “Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.144, Broadview Press

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• To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest.
  Always do what you are afraid to do.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Stars, Fear

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• Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Cute

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• When a happy person comes into the room, it is as if another candle has been lit.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Rooms, Happy Person, Lit

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