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.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONPeople do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
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There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
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Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
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A great man is always willing to be little.
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The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
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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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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
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To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
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Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
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A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
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Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.
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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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Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
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Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success.
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.
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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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Every wall is a door.
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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on 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 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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Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.
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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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