Quotes of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I know of no such unquestionable badge and ensign of a sovereign mind as that of tenacity of purpose…

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“ If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face. My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness. I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am. ”

- Alice Hoffman

“ Do not yearn to be popular; be exquisite. Do not desire to be famous; be loved. Do not take pride in being expected; be palpable, unmistakable. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. ”

- Sophocles

“ An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. ”

- William Bernbach

“ I miss everything about you Can’t believe that I still want you And after all the things we’ve been through. ”

- Colbie Caillat

“ To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness. ”

- Woody Allen

“ The more one judges, the less one loves. ”

- Honore de Balzac

“ Do you ever put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that’s what love is like. Everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but you just keep going. ”

- Practical Magic

“ Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin. It should make you jump up and do something. ”

- E. L. Simpson

“ We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love. ”

- Mother Teresa

“ Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. ”

- Confucius

“ To love oneself is the beginning of a life long romance. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. ”

- Winston Churchill

“ Sometimes the hardest one to see . . .is the one standing right before you. ”

- Lenora Porch

“ There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable. ”

- Chesterton

“ Sometimes, change is what we need to retain our sanity. ”

- Life

“ I just...I just miss him. And I hate being so alone. ”

- Suzanne Collins

“ We should have more reasons to smile than to cry. You will be surprised, even the saddest things could result in something to smile about. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ I can't make someone stay, but I can make me stay with someone. A successful relationship needs a constant decision to remain committed. ”

- Jeffrey Alcuizar Igot

“ Just because you fall once, doesn't mean you're fall at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always trust yourself, because if you don't then who will?? ”

- Marilyn Monroe

“ Unrequited love’s a bore. ”

- Lorenz Hart

“ We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust. ”

- David Levithan