I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONWhoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
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For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
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When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, your’re the one who is smiling and everyone else is crying.
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
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The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
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Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.
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When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
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Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
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Be not the slave of your own past – plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.
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Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.
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Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
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