Ralph Waldo Emerson

The people are to be taken in small doses.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

We must hold a man amenable to reason for the choice of his daily craft or profession. It is not an excuse any longer for his deeds that they are the custom of his trade. What business has he with an evil trade?

The miracles of genius always rest on profound convictions which refuse to be analyzed.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

Fear always springs from ignorance.

Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.

Sometimes the place you are used to is not the place you belong.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen.

Use every distraction as an object of meditation and they cease to be distractions.

“I will breathe. I will think of solutions. I will not let my worry control me. I will not let my stress level break me. I will simply breathe and it will be okay because I don’t quit.”- Shayne Mcclendon

Don’t seek, don’t search, don’t ask, don’t knock, don’t demand — relax!

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one… characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future as finishers.

We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.

I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.