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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.

William James

Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
WILLIAM JAMES

Educational Inspirational Philosophy
A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
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Meaningful Motivational Perseverance
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves… instead of talking to themselves.
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People Talking Unhappiness
Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.
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Based Inspirational Life Test
Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
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Anything Firmly Imagination May
Procrastination is attitude’s natural assassin. There’s nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task
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Attitude Procrastination Tasks
Focus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow.
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Becoming Great Focus Woods
The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly.
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Attitude Mean Ugly
The deepest hunger in human beings is the desire to be appreciated.
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Appreciate Desire Friendship
The God of many men is little more than their court of appeal against the damnatory judgment passed on their failures by the opinion of the world.
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Art Men Philosophy
We must be careful not to confuse data with the abstractions we use to analyse them.
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Data Powerful Science
A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
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Men Responsibility Stronger
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
There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Differences Making Somewhere
All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.
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Health Love Wings
For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.
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Political Volunteer War

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.

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