List of quotes from Ralph Emerson
"Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss."
by Ralph Emerson
"So is cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more remains."
by Ralph Emerson
"We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light."
by Ralph Emerson
"Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines."
by Ralph Emerson
"Truth, and goodness, and beauty are but different faces of the same all."
by Ralph Emerson
"Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door."
by Ralph Emerson
"Go put your creed into the deed. Nor speak with double tongue."
by Ralph Emerson
"Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it."
by Ralph Emerson
"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
by Ralph Emerson
"In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed."
by Ralph Emerson
"Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed."
by Ralph Emerson
"To be great is to be misunderstood."
by Ralph Emerson
"Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him."
by Ralph Emerson
"Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same."
by Ralph Emerson
"Self-trust is the first secret of success."
by Ralph Emerson
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
by Ralph Emerson
"If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him."
by Ralph Emerson
"Do not be too timid and squeamish about your reactions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."
by Ralph Emerson