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If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

William James

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
WILLIAM JAMES

Esteem Leadership Quality Self
Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
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Circles People Sith
History is a bath of blood.
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Bath Blood History
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No
The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
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Action Emotional Feelings
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
Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.
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Based Inspirational Life Test
I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.
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Happiness Music Philosophical
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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Hate Inspirational Life
To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
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Mind Philosophy Quiet
The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.
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Devil Feet Long
… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows
The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.
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Able Accompanying Thinking
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 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
A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
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Individual Men Self

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

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