![Men are what their mothers made them.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1hXnvT5Vw90/X0bLFRiCukI/AAAAAAAAEPo/bZl7KLiXPdco5QHWo4gdzWbmv5qWJNuhgCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/men-are-what-their-mothers-made-them-quotes-by-ralph-waldo-emerson-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-mom.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Ralph Waldo Emerson
![Men are what their mothers made them.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1hXnvT5Vw90/X0bLFRiCukI/AAAAAAAAEPo/bZl7KLiXPdco5QHWo4gdzWbmv5qWJNuhgCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/men-are-what-their-mothers-made-them-quotes-by-ralph-waldo-emerson-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-mom.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![You become what you think about all day long.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eQpbNow4XTk/X1uSje0mxGI/AAAAAAAALrc/UqHq1ZbeEEYD08SDPYzSm2KKVjQtZFLoACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/you-become-what-you-think-about-all-day-long.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
You become what you think about all day long.
![Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O7Pje-5-e-Y/X0bMWL7Z68I/AAAAAAAAEPQ/lIREihcAEsUQBcmFmTQM-VBFQmeTkBeUwCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/nobody-can-bring-you-peace-but-yourself-quotes-by-ralph-waldo-emerson-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-peace.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
![Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-o2FczBGT0kY/X1twyVgEkKI/AAAAAAAAIHQ/pAvWfffMLuc91UBaczX76GGGVj9A-D2fQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/life-is-a-succession-of-lessons-which-must-be-lived-to-be-understood.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
![The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A0DkfgJu7ek/X1uJHPvGOKI/AAAAAAAAKNQ/gGY7rhqEry0vl7wqlUJbkSO3oZn8NAKKQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-creation-of-a-thousand-forests-is-in-one-acorn.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn
![Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-12Qwa13kJy0/X1uSJ6zaOjI/AAAAAAAALmg/CYJBQ2oqAy8TWgISUZ78beecC5wXvaamACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/write-it-on-your-heart-that-every-day-is-the-best-day-in-the-year.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
![The only way to have a friend is to be one.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-btrtyIT2XrY/X0bPbpJlsII/AAAAAAAAE38/HYgLt0kuCrkjUOW0FYZyDd3gBHYkIL9DQCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/the-only-way-to-have-a-friend-is-to-be-one-quotes-by-ralph-waldo-emerson-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-friendship.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
![Our best thoughts come from others.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z6yqMHak4zg/X0bMvbbywpI/AAAAAAAAEPs/DrUKo_Q12OYjAwPkOyVplu4fgkGqqsssgCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/our-best-thoughts-come-from-others-quotes-by-ralph-waldo-emerson-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-best.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Our best thoughts come from others.
![It is not the length of life, but the depth.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J_buGtuZess/X1tvPnS3efI/AAAAAAAAH1g/BZSJLCprK6kE7ned4J7N1yDfq36dVnuWQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-is-not-the-length-of-life-but-the-depth.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
It is not the length of life, but the depth.
![Always do what you are afraid to do.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TyHyqHqyB2w/X1tdNJtWZMI/AAAAAAAAFig/vcxu5qZt9HMi-CILycvN2qvBgbdGA5Y5ACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/always-do-what-you-are-afraid-to-do.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Always do what you are afraid to do.
![Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P6tE0qdr_3Q/X1t3eFPjoHI/AAAAAAAAIs4/Pd--sleMbRgYrEc7kazXXkEZ3CMTONikACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/nothing-great-was-ever-achieved-without-enthusiasm.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
![Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h9bQNbOsINI/X1tjqU5gkdI/AAAAAAAAGP4/jkQ0vUoncmYW18BiNAe3BMXXQWgo7EINgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/even-in-the-mud-and-scum-of-things-something-always-always-sings.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)