Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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.


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


Our greatest glory is not in never failing,
but in rising up every time we fail.


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


A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.


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


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


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


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


What we fear of doing most
is usually what we most need to do.


Every artist was first an amateur.


Nature always wears the colours
of the spirit.


Adopt the pace of nature;
her secret is patience.

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