Top 29 Max Ehrmann Quotes
#1. And though age and infirmity overtake me, and I come not within sight of the castle of my dreams, teach me still to be thankful for life, and for time's olden memories that are good and sweet; and may the evening's twilight find me gentle still.
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#3. Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. In the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.
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#4. Many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.
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#5. I should like, if I could, to leave a humble gift
a bit of chaste prose that had caught up some noble moods.
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#6. For the entire Desiderata go to Inspirational Poems page
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#7. Whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding
as it should.
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#8. Go Placidly, Amid the noise and Haste & Remember what peace there may be in silence ...
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#9. Let me not follow in the clamor of the world, but walk calmly in my path ...
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#10. I contracted a disease which I have never shaken off. The disease was idealism. Because of it, I did the thing in life I wanted to do - Writing.
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#11. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
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#12. Lift up my eyes from the earth and let me not forget the uses of the stars.
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#13. If you compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
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#14. And though behind you lies a road of dust and heat and discouragement, and before you the challenge and uncertainty of untried paths, in this brief hour you are master of all highways, and the universe nestles in your soul.
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#15. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity & disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.
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#17. May I not forget that poverty and riches are of the spirit. Though the world knows me not, may my thoughts and actions be such as will keep me friendly with myself.
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#18. I see there is a good deal of grandiloquence in my book - my friends and foes have told me. I think it must be true, for there is a good deal of grandiloquence in me - and in nature also: I saw a sunset last evening that was a gross imposition upon modesty.
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#19. Let me do my work each day, and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me, may I not forget the strength that comforted me in the desolation of other times ...
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#20. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
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#21. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.
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#22. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
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#23. Tolerate the dull: they too have their story
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#24. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
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#25. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
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#26. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be.
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#27. Forbid that I should judge others, lest I condemn myself.
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#28. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
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#29. Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant; they too have their story.
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