--- title: "15 Impression Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson" description: "15 Impression quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Plus more from Ralph Waldo Emerson and more Impression sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_book_it-is-said-no-man-can-write-but-one-book_3195812.png" --- > [It is said, no man can write but one book; and if a man have a defect, it is apt to leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/it-is-said-no-man-can-write-but-one-book-and-if-a-man-have-a-defect/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_book_it-is-said-no-man-can-write-but-one-book_3195812.png) > [Not for nothing one face, one character, one fact makes much impression on him, and another none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/not-for-nothing-one-face-one-character-one-fact-makes-much-impression/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_character_not-for-nothing-one-face-one-character-o_3144655.png) > [A sleeping child gives me the impression of a traveler in a very far country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-sleeping-child-gives-me-the-impression-of-a-traveler-in-a-very-far/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b97/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_child_a-sleeping-child-gives-me-the-impression_1930480.png) > [The great man is not convulsible or tormentable; events pass over him without much impression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-great-man-is-not-convulsible-or-tormentable-events-pass-over-him/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71c/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_events_the-great-man-is-not-convulsible-or-torm_2204503.png) > [All natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/all-natural-objects-make-a-kindred-impression-when-the-mind-is-open/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/326/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_impression_all-natural-objects-make-a-kindred-impre_2385000.png) > [The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-stars-awaken-a-certain-reverence-because-though-always-present-3/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/186/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_appearance_the-stars-awaken-a-certain-reverence-bec_2811082.png) > [Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls. The least admixture of a lie-for example, the taint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/thefts-never-enrich-alms-never-impoverish-murder-will-speak-out-of/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f1/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_alms_thefts-never-enrich-alms-never-impoveris_1264096.jpg) > [Man is made of the same atoms the world is, he shares the same impressions, predispositions, and destiny. When his mind is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/man-is-made-of-the-same-atoms-the-world-is-he-shares-the-same/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfd/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_atoms_man-is-made-of-the-same-atoms-the-world_710445.png) > [“The word miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression; it is a monster. It is not one with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-word-miracle-as-pronounced-by-christian-churches-gives-a-false/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/887/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_atheism_the-word-miracle-as-pronounced-by-christ_986923.png) > [In my utter impotence to test the authenticity of the report of my senses, to know whether the impressions they make on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-my-utter-impotence-to-test-the-authenticity-of-the-report-of-my/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_authenticity_in-my-utter-impotence-to-test-the-authen_1814548.jpg) > [The unique impression of Jesus upon mankind - whose name is not so much written as ploughed into the history of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-unique-impression-of-jesus-upon-mankind-whose-name-is-not-so-much/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_appreciated_the-unique-impression-of-jesus-upon-mank_655706.png) > [What strength belongs to every plant and animal in nature. The tree or the brook has no duplicity, no pretentiousness, no show.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/what-strength-belongs-to-every-plant-and-animal-in-nature-the-tree-or/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_all-time_what-strength-belongs-to-every-plant-and_267754.png) > [I think that the heroism which at this day would make on us the impression of Epaminondas and Phocion must be that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-think-that-the-heroism-which-at-this-day-would-make-on-us-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/605/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_cities_i-think-that-the-heroism-which-at-this-d_508592.png) > [We dress our garden, eat our dinners, discuss the household with our wives, and these things make no impression, are forgotten next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-dress-our-garden-eat-our-dinners-discuss-the-household-with-our/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_defeat_we-dress-our-garden-eat-our-dinners-disc_3041335.png) > [The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-stars-awaken-a-certain-reverence-because-though-always-present-2/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a27/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_animal_the-stars-awaken-a-certain-reverence-bec_2743257.jpg) ## Other authors on Impression ## More by Ralph Waldo Emerson > [The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-history-of-mankind-interests-us-only-as-it-exhibits-a-steady-gain/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-we-will-not-interfere-with-our-thought-but-will-act-entirely-or/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-there-is-any-period-one-would-desire-to-be-born-in-is-it-not-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-cannot-speak-but-he-judges-himself-with-his-will-or-against-his/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/consideration-is-the-soil-in-which-wisdom-may-be-expected-to-grow-and/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-then-creative-reading-as-well-as-creative-writing-when-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [The order of things consents to virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-order-of-things-consents-to-virtue/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Life only avails, not the having lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/life-only-avails-not-the-having-lived/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/another-success-is-the-post-office-with-its-educating-energy/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-child-reminds-us-that-playtime-is-an-essential-part-of-our-daily/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/no-man-can-be-criticised-but-by-a-greater-than-he-do-not-then-read/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/coal-lay-in-ledges-under-the-ground-since-the-flood-until-a-laborer/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-am-therefore-i-had-nothing-better-to-do-than-to-think/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-a-library-we-are-surrounded-by-many-hundreds-of-dear-friends-but/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-compensations-of-calamity-are-made-apparent-to-the-understanding/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/impression/ralph-waldo-emerson/#itemlist", "name": "15 Impression Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is said, no man can write but one book; and if a man have a defect, it is apt to leave its impression on all his performances.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/it-is-said-no-man-can-write-but-one-book-and-if-a-man-have-a-defect/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_book_it-is-said-no-man-can-write-but-one-book_3195812.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_book_it-is-said-no-man-can-write-but-one-book_3195812.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_book_it-is-said-no-man-can-write-but-one-book_3195812.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is said, no man can write but one book; 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