Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

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

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is in the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.