To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONDo not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
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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 mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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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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Love, and you shall be loved.
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If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
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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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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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Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.
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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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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
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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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