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A paradise of inward tranquility seems to be faith’s usual result.

William James

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
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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Contribution Effort World
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
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
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Blessed Deception Giving Up
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
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Lying Misunderstood Statistics
We must be careful not to confuse data with the abstractions we use to analyse them.
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Data Powerful Science
The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.
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Barriers Immutable Men
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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Inspirational Positive Success
Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.
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Fears Form Great Life Things
There is but one unconditional commandment … to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.
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Helping Others Unconditional Volunteering
There can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say.
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Finals Lasts Men
Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
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Character Mean Organization
Circumstance does not make me, it reveals me.
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Character Circumstances Enough Repeated
The teachers of this country, one may say, have its future in their hands.
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Country Teacher Teaching
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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Inspirational Motivational Relationship
So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as effortlessly as young birds take to the sky.
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Children Effortless Reading Sky

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