“That which dominates our imagination and our thoughts will determine our life and character.”
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Famous Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
“Do what you know and perception is converted into character.”
Source: The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)
“If you act, you show character; if you sit still, you show it; if you sleep you show it.”
Source: The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past”
“The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen.”
“Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)
“People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.”
“What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.”
“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.”
“No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)
“Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.”
Source: The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.”
Source: The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude
“Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.”
Source: The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, second series
“Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function; living is the functionary.”
Source: A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year