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We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.

William James

The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
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Law Medicine Philosophy
When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.
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Decision Order Responsibility
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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Contribution Effort World
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.
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Choices Differences Men Savage
True ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify. False ideas are those that we cannot
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Ideas Truth Verify
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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Hate Inspirational Life
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
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Die Education Philosophical
Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
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Educational Inspirational Philosophy
In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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Business Inspirational Philosophical
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
We hear the words we have spoken, feel our own blow as we give it, or read in the bystander’s eyes the success or failure of our conduct.
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Bystanders Eye Teaching
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
The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
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Action Emotional Feelings
We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude.
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Attitude Circumstances Mere
Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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Congratulations Self Esteem Success
Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.
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Fears Form Great Life Things

We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.

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