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We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.

William James

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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Fear Happiness Stress
Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use
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
As long as there are postmen, life will have zest.
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Expectations Long Zest
We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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Function Intellect Thinking
Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
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Educational Inspirational Philosophy
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
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Encouragement Encouraging Inspirational
Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world’s life
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Educational Men Philosophy
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
Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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Affection Alpha Omega
Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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Attention Belief Facts
A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
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Meaningful Motivational Perseverance
But facts are facts, and if we only get enough of them theyare sure to combine.
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Combine Enough Fact Facts
[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.
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Differences Important Personality
All natural happiness thus seems infected with a contradiction. The breath of the sepulchre surrounds it.
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Contradiction Happiness Natural
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves… instead of talking to themselves.
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People Talking Unhappiness

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