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We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.

~Amos Bronson Alcott

Topics: Cherished Climb Failures Finding Heaven Most Often Our Plans Ruins Successes Were

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To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

~Amos Bronson Alcott

Topics: Age Cheerful Heart Hopeful Keep Kindly Old Old Age Over Triumph

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Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

~Amos Bronson Alcott

Topics: Defeats Delayed Gotten Long Many Struggles Success Success Is Sweet Sweeter Through

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Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

~Amos Bronson Alcott

Topics: Friends Interpret Our Ourselves Take Tenderly Them Truly Us World

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A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.

~Amos Bronson Alcott

Topics: Against Defends His Influences Own Personal Students Teacher True

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The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.

~Amos Bronson Alcott

Topics: Against Defends Disciples Eyes Guides He Him Himself His Influence Inspires Own Personal Pupils Spirit Teacher True Will

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First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

~Amos Bronson Alcott

Topics: Find First Inspire Man Manliness Others Will You Yourself

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Our ideals are our better selves.

~Amos Bronson Alcott

Topics: Better Ideals Our Selves

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Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.

~Amos Bronson Alcott

Topics: Books Educators Experience More Observation Persons Prime Than

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A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

~Amos Bronson Alcott

Topics: Business Corruption Decay Falls Government Only Own Protecting Soon

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: November 29th, 1799

Died: March 4th, 1888

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