One's Own Way

I would not have anyone adopt
my mode of living on my account.
I would have each one be very careful
to find out and pursue his own way.

Henry David Thoreau

The Present

Yesterday is history,
tomorrow is a mystery,
but today is a gift.
That is why it is called
the present.

Kung Fu Panda

Discovering Your Self

You can't get there by bus,
only by hard work and risk
and by not quite knowing
what you're doing.
You have to leave
the city of your comfort
and go into the wilderness
of your intuition.
What you'll discover
will be wonderful.
What you'll discover
is yourself.

Alan Alda

First-Rate Version of Yourself

Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Judy Garland