Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Do the thing and you will be given the power

Do the thing and you will be given the power

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

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

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

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

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

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

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife,...

The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife,...

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own

If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own

We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best that we...

We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best that we...