Confidence Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

17 Confidence quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson’s philosophy of self‑trust and confidence is captured in seventeen timeless quotes. They echo his transcendental spirit while staying concise enough for quick reflection.

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If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

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Do the thing and you will have the power.

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Self trust is the essence of heroism.

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Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

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The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

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The resources of the scholar are proportioned to his confidence in the attributes of the intellect.

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Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.

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All that Adam had, all that Caesar could, you have and can do… Build, therefore, your own world.

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“Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance…

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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

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The best of life is conversation, and the greatest success is confidence, or perfect understanding between sincere people.

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“Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which…

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We are such lovers of self-reliance, that we excuse in a man many sins, if he will show us a complete satisfaction…

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I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a…

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Self-trust is the first secret of success, the belief that if you are here the authorities of the universe put you here,…

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“As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon…

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People are timid and apologetic; they are no longer upright; they dare not say "I think," "I am," but quote some saint…

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The order of things consents to virtue.

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Life only avails, not the having lived.

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A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.

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No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.

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I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

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