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The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.

William James

Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
WILLIAM JAMES

Inspirational Positive Success
The first lecture in psychology that I ever heard was the first I ever gave.
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Firsts Lecture Psychology
In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Belief Extremes Matter
Once you accept an idea, it’s an idea whose time has come.
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Accepting Daring Ideas
Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.
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Imperfect Language Mean
Focus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow.
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Becoming Great Focus Woods
So our self-feeling in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do.
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Feelings Self World
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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Positive Wisdom Wise
Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
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Clever Motivational Procrastination
Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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Attitude Philosophical Positive
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.
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Health Love Wings
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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Believe Ideas Truth
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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Contribution Effort World
For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.
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Political Volunteer War
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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Learning Philosophical Wisdom

The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.

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