Motivational Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

40 Motivational quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Emerson’s forty reflections blend timeless philosophy with a push toward personal growth. His prose invites you to think bigger, offering a steady stream of encouragement grounded in classic thought.

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The world belongs to the energetic.

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Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of chance.

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Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.

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The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going

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Nothing great ever happened without enthusiasm.

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Neither you nor the world knows what you can do until you have tried.

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Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.

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A good intention clothes itself with power.

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Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win…

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That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our…

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We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?

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There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right.

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Congratulate yourself if you have done something strange, extravagant and broken the monotony.

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Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.

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“This time, like all times, is a very good time - if we but know what to do with it”

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Our chief want in life, is, someone who shall make us do what we can. This is the service of a friend.…

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Whoever is open, loyal, true; of humane and affable demeanour; honourable himself, and in his judgement of others; faithful to his word…

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The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask…

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When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, your're the one…

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If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he…

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Explore, and explore. Be neither chided nor flattered out of your position of perpetual inquiry. Neither dogmatize or accept another's dogmatism.

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Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win…

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When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is…

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I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me…

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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.…

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The astronomers said, 'Give us matter and a little motion and we will construct the universe. It is not enough that we…

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Luck is just another word for tenacity of purpose.

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A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.

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Love is our highest word and the synonym of God.

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We do what we must, and call it by the best names.

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Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.

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A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self-control is the rule.

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To a dull mind all of nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.

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Shall I tell you the secret of the true scholar? It is this: every man I meet is my master in some…

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Five minutes of today are worth as much to me, as five minutes in the next millennium. Let us be poised, and…

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Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories.

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As the gardener, by severe pruning, forces the sap of the tree into one or two vigorous limbs, so should you stop…

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Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in;…

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All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a…

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The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm…

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Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty.

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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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Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may…

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

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In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern…

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The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a…

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