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RALPH WALDO EMERSONShallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
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Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.
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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
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Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.
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Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
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You are constantly invited to be what you are.
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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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Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.
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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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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.
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Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.
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Nothing external to you has any power over 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 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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