Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease.
WILLIAM JAMESTo improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
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Time itself comes in drops.
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Our beliefs are really rules for action.
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We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude.
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Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.
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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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Where is it, this present? It has melted in our grasp, fled ere we could touch it, gone in the instant of becoming.
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The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do
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Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
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The teachers of this country, one may say, have its future in their hands.
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There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
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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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If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
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