Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes & Sayings

“It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person: 'Always do what you are afraid to do.'”

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

“Always do what you are afraid to do.”

“Life is a succession of lessons that must be lived to be understood.”

“The charm of the best courages is that they are inventions, inspirations, flashes of genius.”

“A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.”

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”

“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”

“Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

“’Tis said that courage is common, but the immense esteem in which it is held proves it to be rare.”

“A man is what he thinks about all day long.”

“What you're afraid to do is a clear indication of the next thing you need to do.”

“Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing do it with all your might. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your objective.”

“It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”

“Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.”

“When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.”

“Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.”