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#1

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality

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#2

“Finish each 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. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: life, regrets

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#3

“Always do what you are afraid to do.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: inspirational

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#4

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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#5

“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: dark, stars

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#6

“Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: spirituality

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#7

“Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: dreams

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#8

“The relationships we share with our families are important, and they are the first compass by which we orientate ourselves in this world.”
― E.B. Johnson

tags: family, family-relationships, inspirational-quotes, parents, parents-quotes

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#9

“Our families are defined by far more than just blood, so sometimes it’s necessary to cut the cord with who came before so that we can find our way to who we need right now”
― E.B. Johnson

tags: estrangement, family, family-relationships, relationships

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#10

“Through our conflicts with our partners and spouses, we can open up important new channels of communication and make discoveries about ourselves (and them) that lead to more complete and realized visions of our futures.”
― E.B. Johnson

tags: conflict-resolution, dating, life-quotes, love, love-quotes, personal-development, personal-growth, relationship-quotes, relationships

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#11

“Thinking on your own terms is a critical part of letting go of your biases, but it takes digging deep and it requires piecing together the thousands of tiny truths to form original and fact-based opinions.”
― E.B. Johnson

tags: biases, critical-thinking, opinion, opinions, self-improvement, thoughts

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#12

“I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.”
― Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

tags: denial, identity, wholeness

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#13

“Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose
the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution,
but more usually
we must do battle where we are standing.”
― Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

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#14

“I know the anger lies inside of me like I know the beat of my heart and the taste of my spit. It is easier to be furious than to be yearning. Easier to crucify myself in you than to take on the threatening universe of whiteness by admitting that we are worth wanting each other.”
― Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

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