Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Browse 77 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“There is no defeat except from within. There is really no barrier save your own inherent weakness of purpose.”
“Always do what you are afraid to do.”
“What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.”
“No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.”
“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
“A great man is always willing to be little.”
“Every man I meet is in some way my superior, and in that, I can learn of him.”
“No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.”
“Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances. Strong men believe in cause and effect.”
“The years teach much which the days never know.”
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”
“Do the thing and you shall have the power.”
“Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.”
“Concentration is the secret of strength.”
“Guard well your spare moments.”
“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
“We acquire the strength we overcome.”
“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”
“Our chief want in life, is someone who shall make us do what we can. This is the service of a friend. With him, we are easily great.”
“Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.”
“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.”
“Make yourself necessary to somebody.”
“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”
“You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.”
“The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.”
“The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom.”
