Quotes by : Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

The world belongs to the energetic.

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard,....

Poetry must be as new as foam, and as old as the rock.

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

When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world I thank God....

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

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

You would compliment a coxcomb doing a good act, but you would not praise an angel.

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