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William James

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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Hate Inspirational Life
Time itself comes in drops.
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Come Drop Philosophical Itself
Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?
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Dream Play Science
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No
I am well aware how odd it must seem to some of you to hear me say that an idea is true so long as to believe it is profitable to our lives
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Believe Ideas Truth
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
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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Fear Happiness Stress
Circumstance does not make me, it reveals me.
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Character Circumstances Enough Repeated
Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world’s life
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Educational Men Philosophy
Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
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Differences Everything Insightful Making
We are stereotyped creatures, imitators and copiers of our past selves.
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Habit Past Self
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
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
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Inspirational Motivational Positive
The discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time
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Discovery Important Positive
If merely ‘feeling good’ could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
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Alcohol Feel Feelings Good
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

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