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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)

- 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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“Hitch your wagon to a star.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

- Society and Solitude (1870)
In the portion of Society and Solitude titled “Civilization,” Emerson states the desire to let our dreams and ambitions drive us: to aim high.