104+ Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes on Life, Wisdom & Inspiration

5 "Beauty without expression is boring."

6 "Pictures must not be too picturesque."

7 "Nobody can bring you peace but yourself."

Peace

8 "Nobody can bring you peace but yourself."

Zen

9 "Nobody can bring you peace but yourself."

Inner Peace

10 "Nobody can bring you peace but yourself."

Calm

11 "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself."

Peace

12 "As we grow old, the beauty steals inward."

13 "As we grow old, the beauty steals inward."

Growth Mindset

14 "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself."

Zen

15 "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself."

Inner Peace

16 "As we grow old, the beauty steals inward."

Growth

17 "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself."

Calm

18 "Patience and fortitude conquer all things."

Patience

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

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

Unity

21 "It is not length of life, but depth of life."

22 "Science does not know its debt to imagination."

Imagination Quotes

23 "The years teach much which the days never know."

Wisdom

24 "Our faith comes in moments our vice is habitual."

Faith

25 "The faith that stands on authority is not faith."

Faith

26 "Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."

Patience

27 "Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait."

28 "Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait."

Humble

29 "Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait."

Mercy

30 "Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait."

Humility

31 "Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait."

Grace

32 "God enters by a private door into every individual."

Faith

33 "Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes."

Wisdom

34 "Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes."

Intuition

35 "Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain."

Courage

36 "Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art."

37 "A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature."

38 "No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character."

Change

39 "No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character."

Integrity

40 "No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character."

Character

41 "True balance means knowing when to act and when to simply be."

Balance

42 "Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams."

Dreams Quotes

43 "Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams."

Integrity

44 "Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams."

Character

45 "A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends."

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

Daily

47 "For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness."

Happiness

48 "For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness."

Joy

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

Life

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

Wisdom

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

Achievement

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

Knowledge

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

Words Of Wisdom

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

Winning

55 "Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change."

Change

56 "Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change."

Laughter

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

Strength

58 "Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed."

59 "The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

Self-Improvement

60 "The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

Life-Changing

61 "In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine."

62 "You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."

Kindness

63 "You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."

Knowledge

64 "You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."

Today

65 "You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."

Compassion

66 "It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."

67 "It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."

Blessings

68 "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

Self-Improvement

69 "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

Journey

70 "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

Destiny

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

Motivation

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

Self-Improvement

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

Resilience

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

Deep

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

76 "Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true."

Dreams

77 "Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world."

78 "Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true."

Truth

79 "Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world."

Pride

80 "Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true."

Vision

81 "Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true."

Authenticity

82 "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate."

Life

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

84 "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate."

Empathy

85 "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate."

Compassion

86 "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate."

Mercy

87 "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate."

Destiny

88 "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate."

Passion

89 "What lies behind you and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies inside of you."

Encouraging

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

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

Joy

92 "The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough."

Health Quotes

93 "Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons."

Strength

94 "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

Confidence

95 "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

Deep

96 "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

97 "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

Achievement

98 "A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams."

Dreams Quotes

99 "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."