Quotes about inspirational
inspirational soul answers
The soul answers never by words, but by the thing itself that is inquired after. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational art angel
Where the heart is, there the muses, there the gods sojourn, and not in any geography of fame. Massachusetts, Connecticut River, and Boston Bay, you think paltry places, and the ear loves names of foreign and classic topography. But here we are; and, if we tarry a little, we may come to learn that here is best. See to it, only, that thyself is here;--and art and nature, hope and fate, friends, angels, and the Supreme Being, shall not absent from the chamber where thou sittest. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational flower perfection
And what is Genius but finer love, a love impersonal, a love of the flower and perfection of things, and a desire to draw a new picture or copy of the same? It looks to the cause and life: it proceeds from within outward, whilst Talent goes from without inward. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational creativity hands
We must learn the language of facts. The most wonderful inspirations die with their subject, if he has no hand to paint them to the senses. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational art muse
There is no architect Can build as the Muse can; She is skilful to select Materials for her plan. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational wine men
Milton says, that the lyric poet may drink wine and live generously, but the epic poet, he who shall sing of the gods, and their descent unto men, must drink water out of a wooden bowl. For poetry is not "Devil's wine," but God's wine. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational men poetry
Men consort in camp and town But the poet dwells alone. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational candle
Commonsense is the wick of the candle. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational mistake lines
The sower may mistake and sow his peas crookedly; the peas make no mistake, but come up and show his line. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational stars fear
To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest. Always do what you are afraid to do. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational men expression
The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational life nature
There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational suffering
You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational
Insist on yourself. Never imitate. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational friendship enemy
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational action conformity
Your genuine action will explain itself, and will explain your other genuine actions. Your conformity explains nothing. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational answers right-questions
When we have arrived at the question, the answer is already near. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational angel endurance
It is in rugged crises, in unbearable endurance, and in aims which put sympathy out of the question, that the angel is shown. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational soul affirmation
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief in denying them. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational motivational positive
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational motivational success
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational hypocrite men
Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational nature flower
Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational life happiness
The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational honesty truth
Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational integrity self-esteem
It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational graduation philosophy
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational positive self-esteem
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational hate men
I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational fear failure
In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational happiness beauty
As we grow old, the beauty steals inward. Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational positive success
It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.' Ralph Waldo Emerson
inspirational life motivational
We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse. Ralph Waldo Emerson