Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

#Ralph Waldo Emerson

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

#Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

#Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

#Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

#Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

#Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

#Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

#Ralph Waldo Emerson

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

#Ralph Waldo Emerson

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

#Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

#Ralph Waldo Emerson

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

#Ralph Waldo Emerson