MBAnerd's Collection Of Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes


	It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, "Always do what you are afraid to do".


	Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?


	Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee, and do not try to make the universe a blind alley.


	To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children … to leave the world a better place … to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.


	If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.


	Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of understanding.


	My chief want in life is someone who shall make me do what I can.


	What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.


	If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.


	Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.


	Good Manners are made up of petty sacrifices.


	Ideas must work through the brains and arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams.


	When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.


	Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes.


	Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.


	A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.


	No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.