I LOVE Ralph Waldo Emerson

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.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Complete Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Always do what you are afraid to do.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self Reliance

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

The earth laughs in flowers.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life is a journey, not a destination.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson