Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

Truth, and goodness, and beauty are but different faces of the same all.

We are wiser than we know.

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.

Imagination is not a talent of some men but is the health of every man.

We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.

Before we acquire great power, we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.