Man is what he believes. -- Anton Chekhov A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much. -- Erich Fromm Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past. -- H. F. Hedge Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future. -- Charles F. Kettering There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and industry. -- Donald Grant Mitchell Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward. -- Patricia Sampson BONUS QUOTE: Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself. -- Havelock Ellis