"Others can get in your way temporarily,..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong.”

“By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world.”

“Nature is a tropical swamp in sunshine, on whose purlieus we hear the song of summer birds, and see prismatic dewdrops, - but her interiors are terrific, full of hydras and crocodiles.”

“Go and do the things you can't. That is how you get to do them.”

“People say, "John, what's your personal growth?" And ask "How do you grow?" And I tell them. I thought, "Why do I keep telling them, why don't I just write a book on what I call personal growth?" And that's what this [Today Matters] book is.”

“I wish to live without committing any fault at any time.”

“Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.”

“I am always going to do my best, no matter where I am.”

“Each man must work for himself, and unless he so works, no outside help can avail him.”