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“Each man has his own vocation his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him”: Well-Known Quotations by American Writer Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson is a well-known US poet, philosopher and author. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts in May 1803. Emerson died April 27, 1882 at the age of 78.

Emerson is remembered as one thought-leader of the Transcendentalist movement.

Emerson was a gifted writer and orator and is very often quoted. We have arranged several of his more famous quotations for your enjoyment.

And Now The Ralph Waldo Emerson Famous Quotes:

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.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

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

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

Common sense is as rare as genius.

Ideas must work through the brains and arms of men, or they are no better than dreams.

Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol, and an audience is electrified.

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

This world we live in is but thickened light.

Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such who are in the institution wish to get out and such as are out wish to get in.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Life is a festival only to the wise.

The angels are so enamoured of the language that is spoken in heaven, that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether there be any who understand it or not.

The reliance on property is…the want of self-reliance. Men measure the esteem of each other by what each has, and not by what each is. But a cultivated man becomes ashamed of his property…(Essays)

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point.

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

A good intention clothes itself with power.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

A man’s wife has more power over him than the state has.

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

What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour.

A man builds a fine house and now he has a master, and a task for life he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.

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