Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, philosopher and poet, best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the early 19th century.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes and Sayings

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
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Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.
- Rolaph Waldo

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
- Rolaph Waldo

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
- Rolaph Waldo

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.
- Rolaph Waldo

very spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant.
- Rolaph Waldo

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
- Rolaph Waldo

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.
- Rolaph Waldo

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.
- Rolaph Waldo

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.
- Rolaph Waldo

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.
- Rolaph Waldo

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.
- Rolaph Waldo

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
- Rolaph Waldo

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
- Rolaph Waldo

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.
- Rolaph Waldo

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.
- Rolaph Waldo

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
- Rolaph Waldo

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.
- Rolaph Waldo

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
- Rolaph Waldo

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
- Rolaph Waldo

Our knowledge is the amassed thought and experience of innumerable minds.
- Rolaph Waldo

Character is higher than intellect… A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
- Rolaph Waldo

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
- Rolaph Waldo

He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
- Rolaph Waldo

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
- Rolaph Waldo

Flowers… are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.
- Rolaph Waldo

If a man can… make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
- Rolaph Waldo

Foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
- Rolaph Waldo

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
- Rolaph Waldo

Make yourself necessary to somebody. Do not make life hard to any.
- Rolaph Waldo