To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Man is a piece of the universe made alive

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

A good intention clothes itself with power

A good intention clothes itself with power

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

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

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

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power

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

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

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

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

Many of us are afraid to follow our passions, to pursue what we want most...

Many of us are afraid to follow our passions, to pursue what we want most...