"Be a gift and a benediction...." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Culture opens the sense of beauty.”

“Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.”

“We are not very much to blame for our bad marriages. We live amid hallucinations, and especial trap is laid to trip up our feet with, and all are tripped up first or last. But the mighty mother, who had been so sly with us, as if she felt she owed us some indemnity, insinuates into the Pandora box of marriage some deep and serious benefits, and some great joys.”

“Behold! I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that has gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to take it from me. I wish to spread it and bestow it, until the wise have once more become joyous in their folly, and the poor happy in their riches.”

“Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.”

“Give because you love to give - as the flower pours forth its perfume.”

“I must be cruel only to be kind; Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.”

“If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.”

“I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed.”