Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONIn my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.
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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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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
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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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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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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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Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.
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When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
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Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
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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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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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Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.
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Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.
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A great man is always willing to be little.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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