But facts are facts, and if we only get enough of them theyare sure to combine.
WILLIAM JAMESWith no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
More William James Quotes
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Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
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When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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Man, biologically considered … is simply the most formidable of all beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own kind.
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To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
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Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
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Real culture lives by sympathies and admirations, not by dislikes and disdains; under all misleading wrappings it pounces unerringly upon the human core.
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If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
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Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease.
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What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
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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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Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.
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The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
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