Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONPeople only see what they are prepared to see.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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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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What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
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Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.
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The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
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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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When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
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Life is a journey, not a destination.
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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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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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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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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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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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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