Quotes by Ralph Emerson

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.”

“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”

“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your reactions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

“Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.”

“Truth, and goodness, and beauty are but different faces of the same all.”

“To be great is to be misunderstood.”

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”

“Skill to do comes of doing.”

“Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.”

“The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.”

“Do not waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.”