Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes and Sayings

“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

““You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Money often costs too much.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Man is a piece of the universe made alive” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is the ignorant and childish part of mankind that is the fighting part. Idle and vacant minds want excitement.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant to break the monotony of a decorous age.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“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.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The world belongs to the energetic.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman — repose in energy.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We sometimes meet an original gentleman, who, if manners had not existed, would have invented them.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson