Transcendental Quotes

Question 1

“____ men believe in ____. ____ men believe in ____ and ____.”

Answer 1

“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.”

Question 2

“You cannot do a ____ too soon, for you never know how ____ it will be too late.”

Answer 2

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”

Question 3

“Our greatest ____ is not in never ____, but in ____ up every time we ____.”

Answer 3

“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”

Question 4

“Adopt the ____ of ____: her ____ is ____.”

Answer 4

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”

Question 5

“Who you are speaks so ____ I can’t ____ what you’re ____.”

Answer 5

“Who you are speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you’re saying.”

Question 6

“He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day ____ a ____.”

Answer 6

“He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.”

Question 7

“To ____ minds, the same world is a ____, and a ____.”

Answer 7

“To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.”

Question 8

“You shall have ____, or you shall have ____, you shall not have ____.”

Answer 8

“You shall have joy, or you shall have power, you shall not have both.”

Question 9

“Nothing astonishes men so much as ____ ____ and ____ ____.”

Answer 9

“Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.”

Question 10

“Nothing ____ was ever achieved without ____.”

Answer 10

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

Question 11

“A friend is a person with whom I may be ____. Before him, I may ____ aloud.”

Answer 11

“A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud.”

Question 12

“____ men and they will be ____ to you, ____ them greatly and they will show themselves ____.”

Answer 12

“Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.”

Question 13

“Do not go where the ____ may lead, go instead where there is no ____ and leave a ____.”

Answer 13

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

Question 14

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are ____ matters compared to what lies ____ us.”

Answer 14

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

Question 15

“Treat a man as he is, and he will ____ as he is. Treat a man as he ____ be, and he will become what he ____ be.”

Answer 15

“Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he could be, and he will become what he should be.”

Question 16

“He who would have ____ to do with ____ must never attempt to ____ ____.”

Answer 16

“He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.”

Question 17

“It is characteritic of ____ not to do ____ things.”

Answer 17

“It is characteritic of wisdom not to do desperate things.”

Question 18

“The mass of men lead lives of ____ ____.”

Answer 18

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”

Question 19

“____ usually comes to those who are too ____ to be looking for it.”

Answer 19

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”

Question 20

“I have learned that if one advances ____ in the direction of his dreams, and ____ to live the life he has ____, he will meet with a ____ unexpected in ____ hours.”

Answer 20

“I have learned that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”

Question 21

“____ and ____ have ____ about them.”

Answer 21

“Truths and roses have thorns about them.”

Question 22

“Our ____ is never quite at our ____.”

Answer 22

“Our horizon is never quite at our elbows.”

Question 23

“A man is ___ to the number of things he can afford to ____ ____.”

Answer 23

“A man is rich to the number of things he can afford to let alone.”

Question 24

“That man is the ____ whose ____ are the ____.”

Answer 24

“That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.”

Question 25

“____ is under our ____ as well as over our ____.”

Answer 25

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”