Every artist was first an amateur.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONDare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
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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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In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
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Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.
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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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Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
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Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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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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When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know.
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Let us be silent, that we may hear the whisper of God.
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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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