“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
This quote is commonly attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“The law of nature is, do the thing, and you shall have the power: but they who do not the thing have not the power.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The years teach much which the days never know.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
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“I will not be triumphed over.”
— Cleopatra Disputed“He that lies down with dogs, shall rise up with fleas.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“We must be our own [friend] before we can be another’s.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source