Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

You have to listen to what resonates within your own gut. You find your direction there. Your voice comes out.

A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star.

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.

Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.

You're an island no matter what you do. I think it's very dangerous to use popularity as your identity in life. So you have to really know who you are inside, the core person, and follow what is true rather than follow what is hype.

I would always encourage people of any age not to be so quick to follow other people's truths but to search and follow your own moral code and live by your own integrity, and mostly just be brave.

I can't play anything until I find something that connects to my life, something I can carry as my secret map or code for the character.

A theme in a lot of my books - and in my own life - is making choices that you feel you should make, or what society wants you to make, as opposed to what is truly right for you.

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it.

Your job is not just to do what your parents say, what your teachers say, what society says, but to figure out what your heart calling is and to be led by that.

I am always interested in that relationship between outer reality and inner desire, and I think it is important to pay attention to the inner voice because it is the only way to discover your mission in life and the only way to develop the strength to break with whatever familial or cultural norms are preventing you from fulfilling your destiny.

My motto is never to try to imitate anybody: I have always looked inward and followed the inward voice.

There's too much judgment out there. Really what we need to be doing is just all of us finding our own paths towards living the best lives we can live as clearly and boldly in accordance with our own personal values. And that's what I'm trying to do.

You've got one life: find your voice within it.

I always say your truth is your compass to your purpose.

You can't think about what other people think. You just can't. It's stupid. You've got to look inside yourself.

We all wish we could find and embrace our voice, our strength.

Popularity comes and goes. You need to know who you are, what you stand for, and why you're here.

Explorers depend on the North Star when there are no other landmarks in sight. The same relationship exists between you and your right life, the ultimate realization of your potential for happiness. I believe that a knowledge of that perfect life sits inside you just as the North Star sits in its unaltering spot.

Your own voice is the voice that carries you through life the best.

I have one rule I live by: Only do what you can do. That neans you're never looking outside for what's popular; you're always looking inside for what's true.

Live the life you're living and try and stay who you are

Be really, really true to yourself. That to me, has been key to me in understanding how I want to live the second half of my life.