If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
WILLIAM JAMESWhen 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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The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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Circumstance does not make me, it reveals me.
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We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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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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The first lecture in psychology that I ever heard was the first I ever gave.
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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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Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude.
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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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There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
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Impulse without reason is enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift.
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Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
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It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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