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The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.

William James

When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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Action Emotion Inspiration
We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
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Best Effort Forget Hard Work
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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Beast Kind Men
In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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Educational Philosophy School
Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
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Clever Motivational Procrastination
The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly.
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Attitude Mean Ugly
No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.
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Details Generalization Knowledge
Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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Attention Belief Facts
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation.
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Attempt Failure Humiliation No
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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Encouraging Life Positive
The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.
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Differences Extensions Relation
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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Decision Order Responsibility
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
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Blessed Deception Giving Up
Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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Humorous Life Philosophical
We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
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Opposites Statement Truth
Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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Congratulations Self Esteem Success

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