What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

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"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Attributed to Emerson in Promotion of Pharmaceuticals : Issues, Trends, Options (1993) pg 74, and also Thoreau elsewhere, but no instance of the quote can be found before 1990, so the authorship of the quote is disputed.

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bdmeyers 4:08pm August 14, 2011

Great Quote! It is are actions and thoughts that make us. http://wellbeinginsideandout.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/inspirational-quotes/

timbob 8:55pm August 17, 2011

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jenlovesmike143 6:31am August 27, 2011

This is my quote on fb! Criminal Minds is one of my fav shows for alot of reasons,but one of them is bc they always start & end the show w great quotes,its where I stole this from ;). Its crazy how ur life changes sooo much in 10 yrs I think bk to my hs yearbook quote(im kinda embaressed) it was "What I want is what Ive not git but what I need is all around me."-DMB If it were now that quote wld b up thier w my top ones but as they say hiensight is 20/20

joanroberts 10:36pm August 27, 2011

great words...

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dgshanbhag 1:08pm December 24, 2011

these are golden words which reflects Indian philosophy about eternity of soul... thanks to Ralph Waldo Emerson reforming the message..

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