Gratitude
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
From “Gifts” (1844)
Always do what you are afraid to do.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
All quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson →
Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business.