Ralph Waldo Emerson

The secret in education lies in respecting the student.

The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is in the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud.

I didn't find my friends; the good Lord gave them to me.

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. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

Self-trust is the first secret to success.

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock should find the time in my face.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic.