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Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little coarse, and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little coarse, and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little coarse, and…

“Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Every great and commanding moment in the annals of the world is the triumph of somebody’s enthusiasm." - RALPH WALDO EMERSON
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Money often costs too much." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If you would lift me you must be on higher ground." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year. No man has learned anything rightly, until he knows that every day is Doomsday." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Always do what you are afraid to do." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“It is one of the most beautiful compensations in life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The creation of a thousand forests is one acorn." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment
You cannot do a kindness too soon, because you never know how soon it will be too late
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be

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