"Luck is just another word for tenacity of…" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Luck is just another word for tenacity of purpose."
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2,823 Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities…
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If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false sentiment, I could never stay there five minutes.
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To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
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To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the…
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There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not…
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Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility.
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Science is nothing but the finding of analogy, identity, in the most remote parts.
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The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial…
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One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the…
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Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.
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The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
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A little praise goes a great ways.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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You are not worth another word, else I'd call you knave.
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Competition, which is the instinct of selfishness, is another word for dissipation of energy, while combination is the secret of…
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Painting is with me but another word for feeling.
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Fun is just another word for learning.
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America is not another word for Opportunity to all her sons.
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