“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson · "Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson", 1870
“For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?” — Ralph Waldo Emerson · "Boston," poem, 1830s
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson · Letter to his daughter, 1865
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson · widely attributed
“Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson · widely attributed
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson