A great man is always willing to be little.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONWe 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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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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Life is a journey, not a destination.
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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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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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.
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The years teach much the days never know.
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Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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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.
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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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The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
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