Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONA hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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Life is a journey, not a destination.
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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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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
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You are constantly invited to be what you are.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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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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Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.
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Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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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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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
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Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
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