Quotes by
Ralph Waldo Emerson
9 quotes · creativity · motivation · wisdom · life · leadership
“Every artist was first an amateur.”
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“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
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“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”
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“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
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“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate.”
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“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
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“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
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“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.”
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“To be great is to be misunderstood.”
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