Beside all the small reasons we assign, there is a great reason for the existence of every extant … - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Children picking up our bones Will never know that these were once As quick as foxes on the hill.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Beside all the small reasons we assign, there is a great reason for the existence of every extant fact; a reason which lies grandand immovable, often unsuspected behind it in silence.

Fact, Facts, Lies, Lying, Silence, Unsuspected

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This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.

Believe, Laughter, Sadness, Sag, Spirits, Truth

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in. Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays.

Blunders, Heart, Invitations, Optimistic, Writing, Yesterdays

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.

Inspirational, Life, Love, Make, Purpose

Successful is the person who has lived well, laughed often and loved much, who has gained the respect of children, who leaves the world better than they found it, who has never lacked appreciation for the earth's beauty, who never fails to look for the best in others or give the best of themselves.

Appreciation, Children, Successful, Give, Look

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Decide, Person, Become

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No matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you’d be more productive.

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Maya Angelou

One isn't born with courage. One develops it by doing small courageous things-in the way that if one sets out to pick up a 100-pound bag of rice, one would be advised to start with a five-pound bag, then 10 pounds, then 20 pounds, and so forth, until one builds up enough muscle to lift the 100-pound bag. It's the same way with courage. You do small courageous things that require some mental and spiritual exertion.

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Wallace Stevens

Children picking up our bones Will never know that these were once As quick as foxes on the hill.

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Caitlin Moran

I’m going to lie this one right on the line, right here, right now: I’m pro big pants. Strident feminism NEEDS big pants. Really big. I’m currently wearing a pair that could have been used as a fire blanket to put out the Great Fire of London at any point during the first 48 hours or so. They extend from the top of my thigh to my belly button, and effectively double up as a second property that I can escape to at weekends. If I were going to run for parliament, it would be solely on a platform of ‘Get Women In Massive Grundie’s’.

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W. C. Fields

I have a poor memory for names; but I seldom remember a face.

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