Every artist was first an amateur.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONThat which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased.
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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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You become what you think about all day long.
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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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A great man is always willing to be little.
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Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
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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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Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.
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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
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When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, your’re the one who is smiling and everyone else is crying.
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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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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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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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For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.
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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
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Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.
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Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
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Always do what you are afraid to do.
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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
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