A feeble man can see the farms that are fenced and tilled, the houses that are built. The strong man sees the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Not gold but only men can makeA people great and strong;Men who for truth and honors sakeStand fast and suffer long. Brave… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for the weak to be weak. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If we live truly, we shall see truly. It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances: it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at right time, or… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Not gold, but only man can make a people great and strong; men who, for truth and honor's sake, stand fast and… — 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
