Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes - Page 14

• As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Positive, Work, Greatness

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• The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Tired, Eye, Long

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.9, Modern Library

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• Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Trust, Heart, Iron

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1969). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VII: 1838-1842”, p.297, Harvard University Press

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• No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Change, Character, Angel

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1454, Delphi Classics

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• O Lord! Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Unhappy, Unhappiness

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joel Porte (1982). “Emerson in His Journals”, p.232, Harvard University Press

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• Beauty rests on necessities.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Beauty

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1875). “Culture, Behavior, Beauty”, p.95

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• Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Crazy, Men, Mad

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1841). “Essays”, p.26

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• Continual failure is a road to success - if you have the strength to go on.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Goes On, Road To Success, Ifs

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• One can never truly savor success until first tasting adversity.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Adversity, Firsts, Tasting

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• There are always two parties;
  the establishment and the movement.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Party, Two, Movement

  "Historic Notes of Life and Letters in New England" (1867)

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• We judge of man's wisdom by his hope.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Motivational, Hope, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.44, Penguin

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• An individual has a healthy personality to the exact degree to which they have the propensity to look for the good in every situation.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Personality, Healthy, Looks

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• Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Suicide, Courage, Ignorance

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• The sower may mistake and sow his peas crookedly; the peas make no mistake, but come up and show his line.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Mistake, Lines

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.4050, Delphi Classics

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• We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood of exaggeration in it.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Mark, Aim, Exaggeration

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Nature and Other Essays”, p.42, Courier Corporation

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• Words are alive. Cut them and they bleed.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Cutting, Alive

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• The Gods we worship write their names on our faces; be sure of that. And a man will worship something ... That which dominates will determine his life and character. Therefore it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Writing, Character, Men

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• But genius looks forward: the eyes of men are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead: man hopes: genius creates.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Eye, Men, Looks

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2006). “Ralph Waldo Emerson: Selected Essays, Lectures and Poems”, p.88, Bantam Classics

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• Thou art to me a delicious torment.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Love, Art, Romance

  'Essays' (1841) 'Friendship'

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• 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

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• There is a kind of latent omniscience, not only in every man, but in every particle.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Kind, Trifles

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Linda Allardt (1982). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.97, Harvard University Press

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• [T]omorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well & serenely, & with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day ... is too dear with its hopes & invitations to waste a moment on the rotten yesterdays.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspiring, Yesterday, New Day

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1939). “The letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson. 4. 1848 - 1855”

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• Every time you wink the stars move.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Time, Stars, Moving

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• Love is the essence of God.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Love You, Love Is, Essence

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• Self-command is the main elegance.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Character, Self, Elegance

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1875). “Letters and Social Aims”, p.72

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