What does this quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson mean?

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

Your future self isn't fixed by fate or background. To a remarkable degree, you become whoever you decide — and act — to be.

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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Whether you think you can, or you think you can't — you're right.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did.

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