Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give
thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you
should include all things in your gratitude.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it
not.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fear always springs from ignorance.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

We become what we think about all day long.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Common sense is as rare as genius.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are students of words; we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation rooms, for
ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not
know a thing.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self-trust is the essence of heroism.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor 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