Ralph Waldo Emerson

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

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

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.

Wherever work is done, victory is attained.

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and once it has done so, he/she will have to accept that his life will be radically changed.

No orator can top the one who can give good nicknames.

Just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who think diffenrently…

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.

Men’s actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

This is the ultimate end of man, to find the One which is in him; which is his truth, which is his soul; the key with which he opens the gate of the spiritual life, the heavenly kingdom.

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

It is sound judgment to put on a bold face and play your hand for a hundred times what it is worth; forty-nine times out of fifty nobody dares to call it, and you roll in the chips.

What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.

It is at our mother’s knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest ideals, but there is seldom any money in them.

Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.

I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.

You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity of choices.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

If you want the time to pass quickly, just give your note for 90 days.

I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.