Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of our science.”

“All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.”

“You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”

“The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity.”

“Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.”

“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have yet to be discovered.”

“To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.”

“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.”

“We are always getting ready to live, but never living.”

“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”

“Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live.”

“Money often costs too much.”

“Hitch your wagon to a star.”