Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Quotes...

• “What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.”
• “Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.”
• “Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.”
• “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
• “Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.”
• “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
• “A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.”
• “Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.”
• “Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.”
• “It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.”
• “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
• “It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”
• “Our strength grows out of our weakness.”
• “Every artist was first an amateur.”
• “What you are comes to you. ”
• “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”
• “Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.”
• “Imitation is suicide.”
• “There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that.”
• “Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.”
• “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. ”
• “The only gift is a portion of thyself.”
• “Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life’s cultivation: but of the adopted talent of another, you gave only an extemporaneous, half possession.”
• “Self-trust is the first secret of success.”
• “None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.”
• “Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.”
• “What a new face courage puts on everything!”
• “At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles. Friend, client, child, sickness, fear, want, charity, all knock at once at thy closet door and say,—’Come out unto us.’ But keep thy state; come not into their confusion.”
• “The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.”
• “That which dominates our imaginations and our thoughts will determine our lives, and our character.”
• “Stay at home in your mind. Don’t recite other people’s opinions.”
  
• “The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.”
  

" This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, love to complete your life.”
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“Write it on your heart
that every day is the best day in the year.
He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day
who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.

Finish every day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in.
Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day;
begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit
to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
This new day is too dear,
with its hopes and invitations,
to waste a moment on the yesterdays.”

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“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.”

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson