I thought this quote was correctly attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson but alas, it may not be. There are two other poems with very similar language, some things added, some things substracted. A poem by Bessie Anderson Stanley which won a prize in 1904 and a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. I sought to find another source for the the Stevenson poem and could not. Perhaps one of our dear readers may know the correct source of this quote. Regardless of who said it first or best, these are good words to heed. Blessings,
