“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
This quote is commonly attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The law of nature is, do the thing, and you shall have the power: but they who do not the thing have not the power.”
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“A life which does not go into action is a failure.”
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— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Go out into the sunlight and be happy with what you see.”
— Winston Churchill Primary source“Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.”
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