The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and foreordained and he only holds the key to his own secret.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONNothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
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Life is a journey, not a destination.
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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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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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It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.
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The years teach much the days never know.
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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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Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.
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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
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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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The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.
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When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know.
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