"Insist on yourself. Never imitate...." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“How cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew!”

“Headwinds are sore vexations and the more passengers the sorer.”

“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows why will always be his boss. As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.”

“Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent is the way of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. Regret calamities, if you can thereby help the sufferer; if not, attend your own work, and already the evil begins to be repaired.”

“The creed of our democracy is that liberty is acquired and kept by men and women who are strong and self-reliant, and possessed of such wisdom as God gives mankind - men and women who are just, and understanding, and generous to others - men and women who are capable of disciplining themselves. For they are the rulers and they must rule themselves.”

“I've always discovered things for myself, in marvelous freedom.”

“It is a brave thing to have courage to be an individual; it is also, perhaps, a lonely thing. But it is better than not being an individual, which is to be nobody at all.”

“The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression.”

“I have always had a curious nature; I enjoy learning, but I dislike being taught.”