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When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.

William James

A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
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Individual Men Self
A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
WILLIAM JAMES

Meaningful Motivational Perseverance
Both thought and feeling are determinants of conduct, and the same conduct may be determined either by feeling or by thought.
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Determine Feelings May
The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.
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Allies Education Enemy
Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance.
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Agents Ordinance Uprising Wheels
Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
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Educational Inspirational Philosophy
Man alone of all the creatures of earth can change his own pattern. Man alone is the architect of his own destiny.
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Destiny Men Tree
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Chapters Egotism Religion
The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.
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Ideas Men Twenties
If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
WILLIAM JAMES

Appreciation Attitude Philosophy
To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
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Change Life Philosophical
At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
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Acceptance Wisdom Wise
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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Fear Happiness Stress
A paradise of inward tranquility seems to be faith’s usual result.
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Inward Paradise Usual
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
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Blessed Deception Giving Up
You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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Altering Life Mind States

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