A small white paper boat floats on dark rippled water toward a distant lit lighthouse.

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Henry David Thoreau

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavours to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

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The claim is that confidence and commitment to an imagined life bring rewards beyond ordinary expectation. If someone moves boldly toward their dreams and tries to live as they have pictured, success will arrive in forms unforeseen in everyday moments. The line is optimistic about deliberate aspiration.

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