A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
WILLIAM JAMESIf you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
More William James Quotes
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Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
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In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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History is a bath of blood.
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New habits can be launched.
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The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
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To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides
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There is but one unconditional commandment … to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.
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So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.
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It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.
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Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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I am well aware how odd it must seem to some of you to hear me say that an idea is true so long as to believe it is profitable to our lives
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It is art that makes life, and I know of no substitute whatsoever for the force and beauty of its process.
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Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?
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