RALPH WALDO EMERSON INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

“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.”

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”

“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”

“The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.”

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”

“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.”

“Hitch your wagon to a star.”

“To be great is to be misunderstood.”

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”

“The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.”

“Every artist was first an amateur.” SAD QUOTES ABOUT NOT BEING GOOD ENOUGH

“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”

“Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and be faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”

“What is once well done is done forever.”

“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”

“Life is a journey, not a destination.”

“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.”

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

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