Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
RE Ralph Waldo EmersonEssayist & poet · 1803–1882What this quote means
Real distinction comes from forging your own way rather than following well-worn paths. Make a trail others can follow.
Context
American essayist and leader of Transcendentalism, championing self-reliance and the quiet authority of the individual.
This line is among the quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson that readers return to on success — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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Keep going
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