Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself."
More from Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."
"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year."
"The mind, once stretched by a new experience, never returns to its original dimensions."
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."