Ralph Waldo Emerson was an amazing writer. Despite the struggles and tragedy he went through, he refused to let it weigh him down, rather, he used his works to influence the world to the present day. Here are some of his quotes that will inspire you to be persistent.
Inspiring Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“It is not the length of life, but the depth.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Life is a journey, not a destination.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Make the most of yourself….for that is all there is of you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A great man is always willing to be little.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“To be great is to be misunderstood.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
