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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he could be, and he will become what he should be.” 
 Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your hear that every day is the best day of the year.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Self trust is the essence of heroism.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I hate this shallow Americanism which hopes to get rich by credit, to get knowledge by raps on midnight tables, to learn the economy of the mind by phrenology, or skill without study, or mastery without apprenticeship.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Nothing can work damage to me except myself; the harm that I sustain I carry about with me and never am a real sufferer except by my own fault.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“To a dull mind all of nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nationality: American
Born: May 25, 1803
Died: April 27, 1882 
Known For: Essayist, Lecturer, and poet.