Ralph Waldo Emerson

Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.

In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have it, it requires ten times as much skill to keep it.

It is a happy talent to know how to play.

The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.

Knowledge is that which benefits, not that which is memorised.

If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.

Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken.

Time management is really a misnomer; the challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.

He climbs highest who helps another up.

You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.

Aim for the highest

The best way out is always through.

Look back in forgiveness, forward in hope, down in compassion, and up with gratitude.

Sometimes you need conflict in order to come up with a solution. Through weakness, oftentimes, you can’t make the right sort of settlement, so I’m aggressive, but I also get things done, and in the end, everybody likes me.

In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!

When you do your best to live out your dreams, you inspire others to do the same.

Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of it.