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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes about personality

American Poet, Writer, Philosopher May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882

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To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intellingent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one's self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have... Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "One of the most beautiful compensations in life is that no..."
One of the most beautiful compensations in life is that no person can help another without helping themselves Ralph Waldo Emerson
Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and once it has done so, he/she will have to accept that his life will be radically changed. Ralph Waldo Emerson
All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. I am arrived at last in the presence of a man so real and equal, that I may drop even those undermost garments of dissimulation, courtesy, and second thought, which men never put off, and may deal with him with the simplicity and wholeness with which one chemical atom meets another. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left..."
The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence. Ralph Waldo Emerson
It could be said that a single person has written all the books in the world such central unity is in them that they are undeniably the work of a single all-knowing master. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A person will worship something, have no doubt about that. We may think our tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of our hearts, but it will come out. That which dominates our imaginations and our thoughts will determine our lives, and our character. Therefore, it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping, we are becoming. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "A person seldom falls sick, but the bystanders are animated..."
A person seldom falls sick, but the bystanders are animated with a faint hope that he will die. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second..."
Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest"
Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he..."
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "There is more in every person's soul than we think."
There is more in every person's soul than we think. Ralph Waldo Emerson
All the mistakes I make arise from forsaking my own station and trying to see the object from another person's point of view. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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