"Nobody trips over mountains. It is the..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. The mind does not create what it perceives, anymore than the eye creates the rose.
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“The secret of culture is to learn, that a few great points steadily reappear, alike in the poverty of the obscurest farm, and in the miscellany of metropolitan life, and that these few are alone to be regarded,--the escape from all false ties; courage to be what we are; and love what is simple and beautiful; independence and cheerful relation, these are the essentials,--these, and the wish to serve,--to add somewhat to the well-being of men.”
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
“Profound sincerity is the only basis of talent as of character.”
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“If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for us all.”
“Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.”
“Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.”
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“We shall have to work like lions, keeping the ideal before us, without caring whether "the wise ones praise or blame us".”
“I did not fail two thousand times. I merely found two thousand ways not to make a lightbulb.”
“Tenacious people don't rely on luck, fate, or destiny for their success. And when conditions become difficult, they keep working.”