Quotes of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practising every day while they live.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“ You can never plan the future by the past. ”

- Edmund Burke

“ Sometimes, as we're stumbling along in the dark, we hit something good. ”

- Susan Ee

“ Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all. ”

- St. Augustine

“ If music be the food of love, play on. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ I've always kept one emotional suitcase packed. With you, I live out of one, every day, and I keep a cab on speed dial. ”

- Heather Angelika Dooley

“ If you want a future that makes you happy, if you want a world that you’re excited about, get your ass out there and earn it. ”

- Tom Bilyeu

“ I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find another heaven, the heaven of our soul in which He loves to dwell. ”

- St. Therese of Lisieux

“ That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

- Mother Teresa

“ I do love nothing in the world so well as you is not that strange? ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Hope is a waking dream. ”

- Aristotle

“ I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ He made me feel the infinite number of feelings, In which I lost myself. ”

- Luffina Lourduraj

“ There is nothing higher than love, and nothing lower than ignorance. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Do I care about pleasure? Yes. But I don't believe in happiness. ”

- Tatiana Vedenska

“ Relationships are like Rome difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'golden age', and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom like Egypt... that thrives, and continues to flourish. This kingdom will become your best friend, your soul mate, and your love. ”

- Helen Keller

“ Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Love thy neighbor — and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier. ”

- Mae West

“ Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ It's all a conundrum, isn't it— forgetting the mixed tape in the car... feeling forgotten when... so many people are thinking of us? Drinking when we should be eating... sleeping when we should be making love... thanking God above when we don't have enough? Each day is a mad rush to something irrelevant. We measure our pricelessness by our successes, which... still equals money. Life goes by so quick when each day is a mad rush to slow motion. We eat fast food so that we can go to bed on time, but, trust me, everyone wakes up too late. ”

- Heather Angelika Dooley

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

- Oscar Wilde

“ Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination. ”

- Voltaire

“ You see, when we set goals that feel safer and achievable, we are caving in to our own preconceived notions of what we are capable of. We’re not pushing past our comfort zone; we’re just settling for status quo. ”

- Ruth Soukup