To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONMost of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.
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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
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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 way to have a friend is to be one.
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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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Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.
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Always do what you are afraid to do.
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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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Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
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We are always getting ready to live but never living.
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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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A great man is always willing to be little.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.
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The years teach much the days never know.
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