Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

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

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

Skill to do comes of doing

Skill to do comes of doing

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

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

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

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

Children are all foreigners.

Children are all foreigners.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Give all to love; obey thy heart

Give all to love; obey thy heart

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

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

Fame is proof that people are gullible

Fame is proof that people are gullible

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...