Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Every artist was first an amateur. ”

— 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

“People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We must be our own before we can be another's. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson