Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes On Life, Friendship, Success

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting - a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

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

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.