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Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.

William James

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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Culture Life Real
There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
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Evil Healthy Individual
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
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Die Education Philosophical
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do
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Exercise Inspiration Somebody Two
New habits can be launched.
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Habit New Launched
The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.
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Ideas Men Twenties
A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.
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Change Dream Inspirational
True to her inveterate habit, rationalism reverts to ‘principles,’ and thinks that when an abstraction once is named, we own an oracular solution.
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Habit Principles Thinking
The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
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Action Emotional Feelings
If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
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Esteem Leadership Quality Self
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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Inspirational Positive Success
Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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Attitude Philosophical Positive
The lunatic’s visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact.
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Facts Insanity Vision
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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Learning Philosophical Wisdom
A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
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Meaningful Motivational Perseverance
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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Positive Wisdom Wise

Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.

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