Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children

that makes the heart too big for the body.

People do not seem to realize that

their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

The first wealth is health.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Once you make a decision,

the universe conspires to make it happen.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Life is a succession of lessons,

which must be lived to be understood,

and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling,

but in rising every time we fall.

All life is an experiment.

The more experiments you make the better.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,

we must carry it with us or we find it not.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing,

but in rising up every time we fail.

Character is higher than intellect.

A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

It is one of the blessings of old friends,

that you can afford to be stupid with them.

All I have seen teaches me to trust

the creator for all I have not seen.

Write it on your heart that,

every day is the best day in the year.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man,

but he is brave five minutes longer.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

You cannot do a kindness too soon,

for you never know how soon it will be too late.