Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Fear shrinks when you confront it directly instead of avoiding it."

"The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love."

"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other."

"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost."

"Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain."

"The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness."

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."