When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you're the one wo is smiling and everyone else is crying.
LifeRalph Waldo EmersonFor every minute you are angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness.
Happiness, MinutesRalph Waldo EmersonAdopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Nature & Environment, Patience & EnduranceRalph Waldo EmersonIt is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
FriendshipRalph Waldo EmersonA ruddy drop of manly blood
The surging sea outweighs
The world uncertain comes and goes
The lover rooted stays
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of the intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the beauty in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that one life has breathed easier because you lived here. This is to have succeeded.
Life, MeaningRalph Waldo EmersonThe age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
Women, Birthday, Age, ViolinsRalph Waldo EmersonDo not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Character, Self-ConfidenceRalph Waldo EmersonIn the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the woods is perpetual youth.
Ralph Waldo Emerson