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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes about Character

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What you are comes to you.

What you are comes to you.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character, Law Of Attraction, Self Pity

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character, Past, Judging

In spite of warnings, change rarely occurs until the status quo becomes more painful than change. People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character, People, Warning

That which dominates our imagination and our thoughts will determine our life and character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character, Imagination, Coaching

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Change, Character, Angel
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1454, Delphi Classics

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character, Action, Kind
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Ernest Spiller, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Joseph Slater, Jean Ferguson Carr (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, second series”, p.6, Harvard University Press

The virtue you would like to have, assume it is already yours, appropriate it, enter into the part and live the character just as the great actor is absorbed in... the part he plays.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character, Play, Actors

Self-command is the main elegance.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character, Self, Elegance
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1875). “Letters and Social Aims”, p.72

Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Motivational, Attitude, Character
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1976). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume XII: 1835-1862”, p.69, Harvard University Press

The force of character is cumulative.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Perseverance, Character, Force
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Jean Ferguson Carr (1987). “The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.34, Harvard University Press

The Gods we worship write their names on our faces; be sure of that. And a man will worship something ... That which dominates will determine his life and character. Therefore it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Writing, Character, Men

Nature never rhymes her children, nor makes two men alike. When we see a great man, we fancy a resemblance to some historical person, and predict the sequel of his character and fortune, a result which he is sure to disappoint. None will ever solve the problem of his character according to our prejudice, but only in his high unprecedented way.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Leadership, Children, Character
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.505, Library of America

Character is that which can do without success.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Success, Character, Humility

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Motivational, Business, Character
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.148, Harvard University Press

Our opinions of the world, are confessions of character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character, World, Opinion

There never was a strong character that was not made strong by discipline of the will; there never was a strong people that did not rank subordination and discipline among the signal virtues. Subjection to moods is the mark of a deteriorating morality. There is no baser servitude than that of the man whose caprices are his masters, and a nation composed of such men could not long preserve its liberties.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Strong, Character, Men

For all our penny-wisdom, for all our soul-destroying slavery to habit, it is not to be doubted that all men have sublime thoughts; that all men value the few real hours of life; they love to be heard; they love to be caught up into the vision of principles. We mark with light in the memory the few interviews we have had, in the dreary years of routine and of sin, with souls that made our souls wiser; that spoke what we thought; that told us what we knew; that gave us leave to be what we only were.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Memories, Real, Character
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.89, Library of America

The antidote to this abuse of formal Government, is, the influence of private character, the growth of the Individual.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character, Government, Abuse
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1505, Delphi Classics

The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops - no, but the kind of man the country turns out.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Country, Character, Men
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.16, Harvard University Press

In every man there is something wherein I may learn of him, and in that I am his pupil.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Learning, Character, Men

The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Truth, Lying, Character
The Conduct of Life "Worship" (1860)

Character teaches above our wills.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character, Teach
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Self-Reliance, the Over-Soul, and Other Essays”, p.25, Coyote Canyon Press

Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character, Self Confidence, Men
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.134, Graphic Arts Books

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Inspirational, Dream, Character
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1964). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.71, Harvard University Press

Character is an invincible force, which acts by presence and without means

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Inspiration, Character, Mean

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