QUOTE (Ralph Waldo Emerson) – May 25

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best 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 even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

In honor of Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who was born on this day in 1803.

Resources:
This Day in History for 25 May
25 Inspirational Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

 

QUOTE (Henry David Thoreau) – May 6

“However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poorhouse. The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the almshouse as brightly as from the rich man’s abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring. I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and have as cheering thoughts, as in a palace.”
~ Henry David Thoreau

In honor of Henry David Thoreau, a leading transcendentalist and author of the book Walden, who died on this day in 1862.

Resources:
This day in History for 6^th May
Quotes>Walden

 

QUOTE (Henry Drummond) – Mar. 11

“He that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God. God is love. Therefore love. Without distinction, without calculation, without procrastination, love. Lavish it upon the poor, where it is very easy; especially upon the rich, who often need it most; most of all upon out equals, where it is very difficult, and for whom perhaps we do the least of all.”
~ Henry Drummond

In honor of Henry Drummond, a Scottish evangelist, writer and lecturer, who died on this day in 1897.

Resources:
Death of Christ-like Henry Drummond
Henry Drummond>Quotes