Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONLife is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
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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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Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
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The years teach much the days never know.
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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
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Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.
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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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It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.
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Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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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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I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
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