It is not the length of life, but the depth.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
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Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
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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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It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.
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Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.
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Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.
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The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
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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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The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
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The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without.
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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
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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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Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.
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