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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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...

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

You cannot see the mountain near

You cannot see the mountain near

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, dont adjust the goals, adjust...

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, dont adjust the goals, adjust...

We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We...

We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We...

Wisdom begins at the end.

Wisdom begins at the end.