Ralph Waldo Emerson
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6 quotes we’ve traced to Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Every artist was first an amateur”
Verified“The only way to have a friend is to be one”
Verified“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door”
Disputed“I have forgotten the books I have read and the dinners I have eaten, but they both helped make me”
Disputed“Life is a journey, not a destination”
Disputed“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say”
DisputedNot actually Ralph Waldo Emerson
Often misattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson
Famous lines widely pinned on Ralph Waldo Emerson that we’ve traced to someone else.
“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen”
actually Paulo Coelho
“The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble”
actually Harrington Emerson
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well”
actually Leo Rosten
“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children... to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded”
actually Bessie Anderson Stanley
“What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us”
actually Henry Stanley Haskins
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