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
More Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character is higher than intellect… A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to... It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to... What I must do is all that concerns me, not what people think. This rule,equally arduous in actual... We live in succession, in division, in parts and particles. Meantime, within man, is the soul of the... We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime within man is the soul of the... In spite of Virtue and the Muse,
Nemesis will have her dues,
And all our struggles and our toils
Tighter wind... Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic act is also... What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul’s emphasis is always right.
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past
Heaven sometimes hedges a rare character about with ungainliness and odium, as the burr that protects the fruit.
A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
Live well, learn plenty, laugh often, love much.
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