Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate.”

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”

“Life is a journey, not a destination.”

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

“The earth laughs in flowers.”

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

“It is not the length of life, but the depth.”

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”