The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

May you always do what you’re afraid to do.

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

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Adopt the pace of Nature. Her secret is patience.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

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

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life is a journey, not a destination.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

May you always do what you’re afraid to do.

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

May you always do what you’re afraid to do.

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