Ralph Waldo EmersonThe crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.
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The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs. This quote from Goethe sums up the idea that everyone should have a passion in life, something they find they are good at, and something they love doing. This quote is often misquoted as “A man’s greatest glory is not to have been born a boy soprano, but rather to have been born a singer.”
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