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Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes with source notes
This page gathers the current public RiseHush records attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson. A record with a locator is inspectable metadata; it is not a substitute for checking the edition and wording you intend to quote.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.Ralph Waldo EmersonCircles, 1841verified
Hitch your wagon to a star.Ralph Waldo EmersonCivilization, 1870verified
The only way to have a friend is to be one.Ralph Waldo EmersonFriendship, 1841verified
Self-trust is the essence of heroism.Ralph Waldo EmersonHeroism, 1841verified
The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible.Ralph Waldo EmersonNature, 1836verified
Concentration is the secret of strength.Ralph Waldo EmersonPower, 1860verified
Envy is ignorance; imitation is suicide.Ralph Waldo EmersonSelf-Reliance, 1841verified
God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.Ralph Waldo EmersonSelf-Reliance, 1841verified
It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.Ralph Waldo EmersonSelf-Reliance, 1841verified
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.Ralph Waldo EmersonSelf-Reliance, 1841verified
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.Ralph Waldo EmersonSelf-Reliance, 1841verified
These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they exist with God to-day.Ralph Waldo EmersonSelf-Reliance, 1841verified
To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men — that is genius.Ralph Waldo EmersonSelf-Reliance, 1841verified
Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.Ralph Waldo EmersonSelf-Reliance, 1841verified
Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.Ralph Waldo EmersonSelf-Reliance, 1841verified
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.Ralph Waldo EmersonWorks and Days, 1870
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