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Letter "R" » Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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«We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy, then a sorrow, now a sin, then a generous or brave action»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Action
| Keywords:
being brave, brave, braver, Braves, braving, contrasted, contrasting, contrasts, equal, generous, joy, patchwork, sin, sorrow
«Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.»
«In failing circumstances no one can be relied on to keep their integrity.»
«His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong»
«You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both»
«Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth in him, if he rests at last on the divine soul, I see not how it can be otherwise»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Mankind
| Keywords:
at last, Divine, every last, fully, otherwise, rests, supposes, The Last Man, understood
«Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Graduation,
Inspirational
| Keywords:
trail, trailing, trails
«It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have it, it requires ten times as much skill to keep it.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
a great deal, boldness, caution, cautioned, cautions, fortune, great deal, skill, with boldness
«One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
bodily, glance, identity, symbol, transcends
«Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Friendship
| Keywords:
busy, command, requires
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