Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”
“Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.”
“The only gift is a portion of thyself.”
“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.”
“The ancestor of every action is a thought.”
“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.”
“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.”
“Hitch your wagon to a star.”
“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
“The earth laughs in flowers.”
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”
“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”
“Every artist was first an amateur.”
“What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think.”
“Insist on yourself; never imitate.”
“To be great is to be misunderstood.”
“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.”
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”