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It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

William James

Mankind’s common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism.
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Heroism Reality Theatre
The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.
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Able Accompanying Thinking
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
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Change Life Positive
The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
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Action Emotional Feelings
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
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Lying Misunderstood Statistics
The most peculiar social self which one is apt to have is in the mind of the person one is in love with.
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Mind Peculiar Self
Truth happens to an idea
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Happens Ideas Truth
Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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Democracy Genius People
Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.
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Men Philosophical Philosophy
Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.
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Fears Form Great Life Things
Real culture lives by sympathies and admirations, not by dislikes and disdains; under all misleading wrappings it pounces unerringly upon the human core.
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Culture Life Real
If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
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Appreciation Attitude Philosophy
We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
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Best Effort Forget Hard Work
When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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Action Emotion Inspiration
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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Decision Order Responsibility
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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