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Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.

William James

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
Every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony.
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Agony Individual Lonely
Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
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Emergencies Encouragement Sith
The deepest hunger in human beings is the desire to be appreciated.
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Appreciate Desire Friendship
No bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.
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Bells Tolls Truth
Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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Attention Belief Facts
The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
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Combat Stress Weapons
Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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Capacity Genius Men
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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Learning Philosophical Wisdom
Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.
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Fears Form Great Life Things
We with our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest… But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground.
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Islands Roots Sea Underground
Focus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow.
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Becoming Great Focus Woods
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
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Blessed Deception Giving Up
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 very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
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Important Realizing Teacher

Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.

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