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"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."

"The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common."

"...To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

"Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes."

"We judge of man's wisdom by his hope."

"Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect."

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within."

"Every man contemplates an angel in his future self."

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen."

"Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding."

"Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved."

"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you."

"Always do what you are afraid to do."

"Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed!"

"It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself."

"Every great achievement
is the victory of a
flaming heart."

Ralph Waldo Emerson








"Live well,
Learn plenty,
Laugh often,
Love much."

Ralph Waldo Emerson


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