Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy… is to set our own conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship.  It is the spiritual inspiration that comes to you when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a...