To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONNothing external to you has any power over you.
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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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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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Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
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You are constantly invited to be what you are.
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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
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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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To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
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Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
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Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.
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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 mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
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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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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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Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.
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