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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
1803 – 1882
American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement in the mid-19th century. Known for his essays on self-reliance, nature, and the power of the individual.
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“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
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“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”
“'Tis said that courage is common, but the immense esteem in which it is held proves it to be rare.”
“His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong.”
“When Duty whispers low, Thou must, the youth replies, I can.”
“Enthusiasm is the height of man; it is the passing from the human to the divine.”
“An original sentence, a step forward, is worth more than all the censures.”
“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have yet to be discovered.”
“The ship of heaven guides itself, and will not accept a wooden rudder.”
“Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.”
