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#1

“Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn't change the heart of others-- it only changes yours.”
― Shannon Alder, 300 Questions to Ask Your Parents Before It's Too Late

tags: anger, caring-too-much, change, cruelty, damage, depression, dismissing, envy, games, heart, hurting-others, ignoring, jealousy, not-caring, pain, rejecting, resentment, retaliation, revenge, seeking-revenge, self-abuse, self-esteem, self-hatred, self-help, self-worth, sorrow, spiritual-growth, unkindness, vengance

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#2

“Passion is not a reaction to an external event. It is the left over emotions from the internal battles you have won that propels you forward.”
― Shannon Alder, 300 Questions to Ask Your Parents Before It's Too Late

tags: motivation, passion

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#3

“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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#4

“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: friendship

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#5

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: helping-others, make-a-difference, purpose, purpose-of-life

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#6

“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: courage, inspirational

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#7

“Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: dreams

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#8

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: destiny, self-determination

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#9

“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: motivational, work

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#10

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: kindness

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#11

“A great man is always willing to be little.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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#12

“Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: peace

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#13

“People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: character, humanity

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#14

“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series

tags: integrity, mind

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#15

“You become what you think about all day long.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: inspirational, obsession

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#16

“The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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#17

“In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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#18

“All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: originality

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#19

“Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: faith, inspiration, life, sorrow, wisdom, worry

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#20

“Fear always springs
from ignorance.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: fear, ignorance

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#21

“Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and once it has done so, he/she will have to accept that his life will be radically changed.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: horse-riding

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#22

“If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and adore.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: inspirational, perspective

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#23

“Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: challenges, difficulty, inspirational, learning, science, value

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