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I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.

William James

Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
WILLIAM JAMES

Inspirational Positive Success
Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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Affection Alpha Omega
For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.
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Political Volunteer War
For the moment, what we attend to is reality.
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Attend Moments Reality
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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Life Stay Strong Ties
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
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Die Education Philosophical
What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
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Believe Sound Truth
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
Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
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Character Mean Organization
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
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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Contribution Effort World
History is a bath of blood.
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Bath Blood History
It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.
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Natural Political Politics
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves… instead of talking to themselves.
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People Talking Unhappiness
There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.
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Esteem Failure Inspirational Self
The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Inspire Mean Truth

I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.

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