Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONTo be great is to be misunderstood.
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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.
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Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
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Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
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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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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.
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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
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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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There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
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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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Fear always springs from ignorance.
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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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Life is a journey, not a destination.
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