Ralph Waldo Emerson

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A little integrity is better than any career.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Activity is contagious.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Desire is possibility seeking expression.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do the thing and you will have the power. But they that do not the thing, had not the power.

Ralph Waldo Emerson