Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

I'm the one I need to work with.

Self-respect leads to self-discipline.

When you're younger, you don't realize you have limitations and that you are the one who has to take care of yourself. Nobody else is going to do it for you. And so, with all of that time, maturity and realizations, I'm in a much better place to be the best that I've ever been and to continue growing as a person and as an artist.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

There are things one must do for oneself.

No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.

The best thing we can do is develop our own.

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

The word 'empower' is something that kept coming up in my heart.

I'm not going to see anybody else in the mirror. That's how I live, day by day. When I look in the mirror, it's up to me to accomplish everything I want out of life.

I can be a better me than anyone can.

But remember this: in the final analysis, you can believe in your dream, you can be taught, supported, motivated, and loved by others, but ultimately, your success depends on you. You must take responsibility for your body, your mind, and for your character.

Just as your hand has the power to hide the sun, mediocrity has the power to hide your inner light. Do not blame others for your own incompetence.

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

You may be your own best helper, if you choose the right path.

Let every one mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made.

If you grow yourself to become a successful person, in strength of character and mind, you will naturally be successful in anything and everything you do.

A really good style comes only when a man has become as good as he can be. Style is character. A good style cannot come from a bad undisciplined character.

A strong man cannot help a weaker unless the weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition.

To be successful, you have to develop certain traits such as courage, dignity, charisma and integrity. You also have to recognize that you have to work harder on yourself than on your job. You attract success because of the person you are. Personal development is key.

It took me years to learn that character is fate and that no one can be made over.

Care not for want of place; care for thy readiness to fill one. Care not for being unknown, but seek to be worthy of note.

Every time I've built character, I've regretted it.

For my own personal growth I had to set out on my own.

You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.