Without ambition, one starts nothing. Without work, one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.

Not I, not anyone else, can travel that road for you, you must travel it for yourself.

You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.