Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONA friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
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For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
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What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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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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Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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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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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
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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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Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
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Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.
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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.
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Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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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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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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Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up.
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