Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.