Tag Archives: Ralph Waldo Emerson

December Inspiration – Friendship

“You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality.”
Woodrow Wilson
“True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable.”
David Tyson Gentry
“One who looks for a friend without faults will have none.”
Unknown
“If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for [...]

September Inspiration – Leadership

“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”
George S. Patton
“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Do not go where the path may lead, go [...]

July Inspiration – Character

“People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.”
E. B. White
“Always do right – this will gratify some and astonish the rest.”
Mark Twain
“He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.”
Abraham Lincoln
“If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.”
Ralph Waldo [...]

June Inspiration – Happiness

“Don’t frown. You never know who is falling in love with your smile.”
Unknown
“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”
Norman Vincent Peale
“Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”
James Matthew Barrie
“No one needs [...]