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The strenuous life tastes better

William James

No living person is sunk so low as not to be imitated by somebody.
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Failure Lows Person
All of our life is but a mass of small habits – practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual – that bear us irresistibly toward our destiny.
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Destiny Military Spiritual
An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
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Ethics Philosophical Quality
Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.
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Fears Form Great Life Things
With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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Good Hell Intention Intentions
Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.
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Broken Funny Habit
It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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Believe Government Philosophical
[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 general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
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Law Medicine Philosophy
There’s nothing so absurd that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it.
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Believe People Propaganda
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
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
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Encouragement Encouraging Inspirational
It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.
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Important Realizing Teacher
There is but one unconditional commandment … to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.
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Helping Others Unconditional Volunteering
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
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
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Inspirational Philosophical Sadness

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