Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.

The only things standing between you and the compassionate, wise, and creative person you want to be are matters of choice. Your choice. No one can occupy your generosity except you.

I do not ask for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.

If I had to sum it up, the goal of Scientology is giving the person back to themselves. Like, your own power of choice.

I'm an A-Level player because I have the strength to look upon myself in the mirror and master my reality.

If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.

He who overcomes others has force; he who overcomes himself is strong.

Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.

The highest strength is acquired not in overcoming the world, but in overcoming one's self. Learn to be cruel to thyself, to withstand thy appetites, to bear thy sufferings, and thou shalt become free and able.

It is hard to keep that which has not been obtained through personal development.

The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Love yourself and be awake- Today, tomorrow, always. First establish yourself in the way, Then teach others, And so defeat sorrow. To straighten the crooked You must first do a harder thing- Straighten yourself. You are your only master. Who else? Subdue yourself, And discover your master.

Each man must begin where he stands, must learn how to control the things that are nearest to him.

Some of us learn control, more or less by accident. The rest of us go all our lives not even understanding how it is possible, and blaming our failure on being born the wrong way.

Buddhism itself is all about empowering yourself, not about getting what you want.

The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.

The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.

Every attainment, every step forward in knowledge, follows from courage, from hardness against oneself, from cleanliness in relation to oneself.

Nature, philosophy and social issues are the three things that always occupy my mind. You do not have any power over others but can only change yourself.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.

I believe that men are here to grow themselves into best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want to do.

What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, by changing the frame of the mind, for the moment realizes itself.

Victory in physical battles requires strength, muscles, and skill; but the fight is never tougher and victory is never sweeter than in the battles over self.

There is no other way to change something or someone for the better except to occupy it first. The only person you can occupy is yourself. That is why the only person who can change you for the better is you. Without your decision to change and your commitment to change, you will not change.