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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

Beauty without expression is boring.

Beauty without expression is boring.

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

Ideas must work through the brains and arms of good and brave men, or they...

Ideas must work through the brains and arms of good and brave men, or they...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

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

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

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

I look back five years ago, when I thought I was adult and knew everything...

I look back five years ago, when I thought I was adult and knew everything...