The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
Verified source: Self-Reliance and Other Essays, Self-Reliance, 1841
Emerson strips away the comfort of destiny and the excuse of circumstance in a single sentence. There is no predetermined path. There is only the accumulation of your decisions — and the decision to start again is always available. This is not optimism; it is radical responsibility.
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