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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Act, if you...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Act, if you...

Act, if you like, but you do it at your peril. Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted and...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: All my best...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: All my best...

All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: By necessity, by...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: By necessity, by...

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Great hearts steadily...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Great hearts steadily...

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Cunning is strength...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Cunning is strength...

Cunning is strength withheld.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Everything in the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Everything in the...

Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Do that which...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Do that which...

Do that which is assigned to you and you cannot hope too much or dare too much.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Don't be a...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Don't be a...

Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with...

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Djuna Barnes: Life is painful,...

Djuna Barnes: Life is painful,...

Life is painful, nasty and short . . . in my case it has only been painful and nasty.

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Mahatma Gandhi: Honesty is incompatible...

Mahatma Gandhi: Honesty is incompatible...

Honesty is incompatible with amassing a large fortune.

Source: Non-Violence in...

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Mahatma Gandhi: The outward freedom...

Mahatma Gandhi: The outward freedom...

The outward freedom that we shall attain will only be in exact proportion to the inward freedom to which we may have...

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Mahatma Gandhi: I object to...

Mahatma Gandhi: I object to...

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Every man has...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Every man has...

Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Henry Ward Beecher: I can forgive,...

Henry Ward Beecher: I can forgive,...

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I cannot forgive.

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Henry Ward Beecher: A man's true...

Henry Ward Beecher: A man's true...

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Henry Ward Beecher: A man's character...

Henry Ward Beecher: A man's character...

A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character...

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Henry Ward Beecher: Anxiety in human...

Henry Ward Beecher: Anxiety in human...

Anxiety in human life is what squeaking and grinding are in machinery that is not oiled. In life, trust is the...

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Henry Ward Beecher: Newspapers are the...

Henry Ward Beecher: Newspapers are the...

Newspapers are the schoolmasters of the common people.

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-- Henry Ward...

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Henry Ward Beecher: I never knew...

Henry Ward Beecher: I never knew...

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

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-- Henry Ward...

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Henry Ward Beecher: God made man...

Henry Ward Beecher: God made man...

God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon...

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