Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes (page 24)

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“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting -- a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.”
MisattributedNot by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Earliest known source: Charles Kingsley, Politics for the People (1848). · evidenceDetails & citeOpportunity
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“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
MisattributedNot by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Earliest known source: Bessie A. Stanley, prize essay (1905). · evidenceDetails & citeSuccess
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