"It is defeat which educates us." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is defeat which educates us. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It is defeat which educates us."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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2,823 Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson has 2,823 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities…
If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false sentiment, I could never stay there five minutes.
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the…
There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not…
Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility.
Science is nothing but the finding of analogy, identity, in the most remote parts.
The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial…
One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the…
Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.
The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
A little praise goes a great ways.

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In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges… — Michelle Bachelet
When I was in Minnesota serving in the state Senate and in Washington, D.C., I did everything I could to… — Michele Bachmann
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. — Russell Baker
If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. — Simone de Beauvoir
Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their… — Conrad Black
There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be… — Tony Blair
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. — Napoleon Bonaparte
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. — Napoleon Bonaparte
My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until… — Bjorn Borg
At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That's the only way to… — Abdallah II
The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the… — Bertolt Brecht
I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to… — Robert Browning

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