Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Self-trust is the first secret of success."

"We are not born all at once, but by bits."

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."

"The mind of the past cannot be adapted to the future."

"A man is what he thinks about all day long."

"The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister, is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable."

"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."

"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it."

"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen."

"The mind is the effect, not the cause."

"Believe that your life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact."

"Each mind has its own method."

"To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven."

"There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance."

"The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions."

"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."

"Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you."

"The earth laughs in flowers."

"Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect."

"I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."

"The offence to God is the same whether we call the Deity a Brahmin, Italian, English or American."

"America is another name for opportunity."

"Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself."

"The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles."

"A person is only as good as what he does when no one is watching."

"Character is destiny."

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled."

"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind."

"Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist."