Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We become what we think about all day long.
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You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
We are prisoners of ideas.
The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression.
When you strike at a king, you must kill him.
Be careful what you set your heart on, for it will surely be yours.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.
Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce
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Leadership - leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.
Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman it depends on how much happiness you can handle.
Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.
It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.
On Sunday morning, I'm not nervous... I can't wait to tell what God wants me to say.
Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it.
Young people are fitter to invent than to judge fitter for execution than for counsel and more fit for new projects than for settled business.
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
Conscience is God present in man.
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