Words for Thought - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Lately a lot of the quotes I have come across and taken inspiration from have been by Ralph Waldo Emerson so I decided to dedicate this blog entry to his words of wisdom.

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” (One of my favorite of all time)

“Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.”

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


“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”


“Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.”


“Always do what you are afraid to do.”


“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”

 

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

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”

“We must be our own before we can be another's.”

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

“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.”

“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.”

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