A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONThe mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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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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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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Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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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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Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
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A great man is always willing to be little.
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Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
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Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
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Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.
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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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Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.
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