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With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.

William James

It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.
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Natural Political Politics
Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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Attitude Philosophical Positive
Real culture lives by sympathies and admirations, not by dislikes and disdains; under all misleading wrappings it pounces unerringly upon the human core.
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Culture Life Real
In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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Business Inspirational Philosophical
The true’to put it very briefly, is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as ‘the right’ is only the expedient in the way of our behaving.
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Briefly Thinking True Way
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
You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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Altering Life Mind States
Men’s activities are occupied into ways — in grappling with external circumstances and in striving to set things at one in their own topsy-turvy mind.
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Men Mind Way
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
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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Hate Inspirational Life
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 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
Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
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Differences Everything Insightful Making
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
The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as the sculptor works on his block of stone.
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Block Data Mind
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Chapters Egotism Religion

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