What a man does, that he has. What has he to do with hope or fear? In himself is his might. Let… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Man was born to be rich, or grow rich by use of his faculties, by the union of thought with nature. Property… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The great majority of men grow up and grow old in seeming and following. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Every day, the sun; and, after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow; ever the grass grows. Every day, men… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We grizzle every day. I see no need of it. Whilst we converse with what is above us, we do not grow… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
He who travels in search of something which he has not got, travels away from himself and grows old even in youth… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Sole and self-commanded works, Fears not undermining days, Grows by decays, And, by the famous might that lurks In reaction and recoil,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We stand against fate, as children stand up against the wall in their father's house, and notch their height from year to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow. Do not go where the path may lead, go… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Another success is the post-office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentimentin mankind; so that the power… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
