To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

We are wiser than we know.

We are wiser than we know.

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Do the thing and you will be given the power

Do the thing and you will be given the power

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

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

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

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become...

May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become...