How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.
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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We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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Every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony.
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Truth is something that happens to an idea.
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If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
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Impulse without reason is enough, and reason without impulse is a poor makeshift.
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The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly.
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Each of us is in fact what he is almost exclusively by virtue of his imitative-ness.
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Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
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Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated.
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The discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time
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New habits can be launched.
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You may not get everything you dream about, but you will never get anything you don’t dream about.
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A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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