You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.
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Showing posts with label Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes. Show all posts
Write it on your heart that ev...
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
Without ambition one starts no...
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. As to methods there may be a million and then some, but the principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.
With the past, I have nothing ...
With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.
With consistency a great soul ...
With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. ... Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradicts everything you said today.
Wilt thou seal up the avenues ...
Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill!
Why should we grope among the ...
Why should we grope among the dry bones of the past, or put the living generation into masquerade out of its faded wardrobe?
When the man is at home, his s...
When the man is at home, his standing in society is well known and quietly taken; but when he is abroad, it is problematical, and is dependent on the success of his manners.
When Shakespeare is charged wi...
When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies, ""Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life.""
When I first open my eyes upon...
When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world, I thank God I am alive.
When a man is pushed, tormente...
When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits ... he has gained facts, learned his ignorance, is cured of the insanity of conceit, has got moderation and real skill.
Whatever you do, you need cour...
Whatever you do, you need courage. ... To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs.
Whatever course you decide upo...
Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires ... courage.
What torments of grief you end...
What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived.
What lies behind us and what l...
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matter compared to what lies within us.
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