Ralph Waldo Emerson Knows Quotations

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

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows why will always be his boss. As to methods there

It is vain to keep a secret from one who has a right to know it. It will tell itself.

The soul knows no persons.

People who know how to act are never preachers.

Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to quote. I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

Do your thing, and I shall know you.

You need someone who can inspire you to be what you know you can be

But do your work, and I shall know you. Do your work, and you shall reinforce yourself.

Only so much of life do I know as I have lived.

The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly.

Neither you nor the world knows what you can do until you have tried.