So our self-feeling in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do.
WILLIAM JAMESThere can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
More William James Quotes
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He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
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Experience, as we know, has a way of boiling over, and making us correct our present formulas.
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The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
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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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The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
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A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.
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To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
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Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?
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There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
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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.
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We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can’t tolerate.
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With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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That which is most personal, is most interesting.
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To 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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