Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.