Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes - Page 16

• Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Support, Needs, Manners

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.97, Harvard University Press

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• Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Simple, Greatness, Simplicity

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.100, Library of America

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• To the poet, to the philosopher, to the saint, all things are friendly and sacred, all events profitable, all days holy, all men divine.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Philosophy, Men, Friendly

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Self-Reliance and Other Essays”, p.5, Courier Corporation

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• You never know how you look through other people's eyes.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Eye, People, Looks

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• Everything intercepts us from ourselves.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Alienation, Intervention

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1964). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.85, Harvard University Press

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• Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Encouragement, Good Life, Learning

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2366, Delphi Classics

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• Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Positive, Nature, Science

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “Nature and Other Essays”, p.137, Courier Corporation

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• Thoughts rule the world.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Thinking, World

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1978). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson: 1854-1861”, p.236, Harvard University Press

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

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Love, Inspirational, Motivational

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• With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Time, Moving Forward

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1969). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VII: 1838-1842”, p.241, Harvard University Press

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• Money is of no value; it cannot spend itself. All depends on the skill of the spender.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Money, Skills, Depends

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.224, Library of America

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• Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Motivational, Business, Character

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.148, Harvard University Press

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• What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Spiritual, Heart, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Blame is safer than praise

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Criticism, Blame, Praise

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2014). “The Portable Emerson”, p.129, Penguin

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• What we call results are beginnings.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Perspective, Results

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1850). “Representative Men: Seven Lectures”, p.49

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• When a man lives with God, his voice shall be as sweet as the murmur of the brook and rustle of the corn.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Sweet, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.143, Modern Library

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• I believe that our own experience instructs us that the secret of Education lies in respecting the pupil.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Lying, Believe, Secret

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1972). “Early Lectures: 1838-1842”, p.294, Harvard University Press

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• Let us draw a lesson from nature, which always works by short ways. When the fruit is ripe, it falls.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Fall, Way, Fruit

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Jean Ferguson Carr (1987). “The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.80, Harvard University Press

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• Some thoughts always find us young, and keep us so. Such a thought is the love of the universal and eternal beauty.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Love, Eternity, Young

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.388, Library of America

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• Real action is in silent moments.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Real, Silence, Action

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Jean Ferguson Carr (1987). “The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.93, Harvard University Press

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• Nature never hurries: atom by atom, little by little, she achieves her work. The lesson one learns from yachting or planting is the manners of Nature; patience with the delays of wind and sun, delays of the seasons, bad weather, excess or lack of water.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Nature, Wind, Weather

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.70, Harvard University Press

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• Do you want to be a power in the world? Then be yourself. Be true to the highest within your soul and then allow yourself to be governed by no customs or conventionaliti es or arbitrary man-made rules that are not founded on principle.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Being Yourself, Men, Soul

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• The primary wisdom is intuition.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Intuition, Primaries

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• There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Listening, Guidance, Right Words

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.309, Library of America

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• Common sense is as rare as genius.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Common Sense, Genius, Serious

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2011). “Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.395, Penguin

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