Ralph Waldo Emerson II

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.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them

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

Always do what you are afraid to do.

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

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.

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

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