Inspiring Wisdom – Timeless Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson part 1
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, faith looks up.
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
Inspiring Wisdom – Timeless Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson part 2
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
It is not the length of life, but the depth of life.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
Every artist was first an amateur.
We are always getting ready to live, but never living.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.
Inspiring Wisdom – Timeless Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson part 3
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
Imitation is suicide.
Action is the foundational key to all success.
We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us.
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
The best way to predict your future is to create it.
The reward of a thing well done is having done it.
He who is afraid of every bush will not fight.
Inspiring Wisdom – Timeless Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson part 4
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.
The only thing that can redeem mankind is cooperation.
The seasons of friendship do not obey the laws of calendar.
To laugh at yourself is to love yourself.
Shallow men believe in luck, strong men believe in cause and effect.
In the order of nature we cannot render benefits to those from whom we receive them.
Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.
Life does not conform to our expectations.
Inspiring Wisdom – Timeless Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson part 5
He who knows he has enough is rich.
The stars awaken a certain reverence.
Action is the antidote to despair.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
