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Letter "R" » Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
«Make yourself necessary to somebody.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Necessity,
Needs
| Keywords:
necessaries, necessary, somebody
«People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Character
| Keywords:
also, character, confession, Confessions, in character, opinion, out of character, realize, seem, their, The Confession
«We are always getting ready to live, but never living»
«Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.»
«Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.»
«To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Generosity,
Kindness,
Life,
Success
| Keywords:
affection, All My Children, and the, better, better known, Better Than Life, breathed, breathe in, breathe out, breathing in, breathing out, children, easier, even, Good Living, has, intelligent, intelligent life, in some respects, in that respect, know, laugh, Laugh In, leave, leave out, left most, lived, much, often, One Life to Live, One World, on leave, other places, people, place, respect, succeeded, take leave, the world, this, This Is, This is the Place, win, win over, world
«What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.»
«Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right.»
«Thou art to me a delicious torment.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
art, Delicious, thou, torment, tormenting
«It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.»
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