Always do what you are afraid to do.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONWhat is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
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Fear always springs from ignorance.
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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
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When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know.
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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.
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The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and foreordained and he only holds the key to his own secret.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
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Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success.
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Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.
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Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
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It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
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The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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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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Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.
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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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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
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Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.
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For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.
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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
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