That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONLive in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Every wall is a door.
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You become what you think about all day long.
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Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.
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Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.
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Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.
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A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
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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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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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Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
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People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
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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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The years teach much the days never know.
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When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, your’re the one who is smiling and everyone else is crying.
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Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.
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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
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Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
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Love, and you shall be loved.
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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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Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.
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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
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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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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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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 only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
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