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So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.

William James

Our beliefs are really rules for action.
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Action Belief Really Rules
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do
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Exercise Inspiration Somebody Two
In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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Business Inspirational Philosophical
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
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Art Life Positive
The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
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Growth Men Years
Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease.
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Asceticism Ease Expression
We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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Function Intellect Thinking
The instant field of the present is at all times what I call the ‘pure’ experience. It is only virtually or potentially either object or subject as yet.
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All Fields Instant Time
Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
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Character Mean Organization
Impulse without reason is enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift.
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Enough Poor Reason
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves… instead of talking to themselves.
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People Talking Unhappiness
Give your dreams all you’ve got, and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
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Basketball Dream Perseverance
Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
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Emergencies Encouragement Sith
Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.
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Broken Funny Habit
So our self-feeling in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do.
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Feelings Self World
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

So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.

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So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.

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