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

William James

Both thought and feeling are determinants of conduct, and the same conduct may be determined either by feeling or by thought.
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Determine Feelings May
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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Educational Memories Philosophy
Once you accept an idea, it’s an idea whose time has come.
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Accepting Daring Ideas
Man, biologically considered … is simply the most formidable of all beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own kind.
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Beast Kind Men
True to her inveterate habit, rationalism reverts to ‘principles,’ and thinks that when an abstraction once is named, we own an oracular solution.
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Habit Principles Thinking
If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
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Esteem Leadership Quality Self
History is a bath of blood.
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Bath Blood History
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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Encouraging Life Positive
Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated.
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Appreciated Human Nature Principles
Man alone of all the creatures of earth can change his own pattern. Man alone is the architect of his own destiny.
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Destiny Men Tree
Footnotes — little dogs yapping at the heels of the text
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Dog Littles Writing
Individuality is founded in feeling
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Feelings Individuality Inspirational
A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
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Individual Men Self
All religions begin with the cry Help.
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Cry Helping Religion
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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Anticipation Brave Use
That which is most personal, is most interesting.
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Interesting Most Personal

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