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So our self-feeling in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do.

William James

The strenuous life tastes better
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Better Strenuous Taste
There can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say.
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Finals Lasts Men
To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
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Change Life Philosophical
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
Both thought and feeling are determinants of conduct, and the same conduct may be determined either by feeling or by thought.
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Determine Feelings May
The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
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Action Emotional Feelings
Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Chapters Egotism Religion
The drunken consciousness is one bit of the mystic consciousness, and our total opinion of it must find its place in our opinion of that larger whole.
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Consciousness Mystic Opinion
Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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Humorous Life Philosophical
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
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
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Civilization Class Fear
Man alone of all the creatures of earth can change his own pattern. Man alone is the architect of his own destiny.
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Destiny Men Tree
A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
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Individual Men Self
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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Life Stay Strong Ties
With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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Good Hell Intention Intentions

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