Self Reliance Quotes of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every wall is a door.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Beware what you set your heart upon. For it surely shall be yours.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Beauty without expression is boring.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.

When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know.

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Every wall is a door.

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

The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

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

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.

Beware what you set your heart upon. For it surely shall be yours.

Beauty without expression is boring.

I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.