Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

All sucessful men have agreed in one thing -- they were causationists. They believed that things went not by luck, but by law.

Be daring, be first, be different.

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

Every artist was first an amateur.

How do you measure success?

If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he builds his house in the woods the world will make a beaten path to his door.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

That which we persist in doing becomes easier - not that the nature of
The task has changed, but our ability to do has increased.

There are voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world.

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest criticism and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty and find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived- this is to have succeeded.