Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don’t waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour’s duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person, whatever he says has an enhanced value.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fear always springs from ignorance.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hitch your wagon to a star.

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

It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.

Ralph Waldo Emerson