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Mankind’s common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism.

William James

A man with no philosophy in him is the most inauspicious and unprofitable of all possible social mates.
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Men Philosophy Social
We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.
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Example Human Nature Proud
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
Once you accept an idea, it’s an idea whose time has come.
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Accepting Daring Ideas
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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Contribution Effort World
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
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Inspirational Motivational Positive
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
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Change Life Positive
Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
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Circles People Sith
The God of many men is little more than their court of appeal against the damnatory judgment passed on their failures by the opinion of the world.
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Art Men Philosophy
We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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Function Intellect Thinking
The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Inspire Mean Truth
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
The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.
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Ideas Men Twenties
[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
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
The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.
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Allies Education Enemy

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