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To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

William James

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
You must bring out of each word its practical cash-value, set it at work within the stream of your experience.
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Cash Experience Stream
Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
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Circles People Sith
Truth happens to an idea
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Happens Ideas Truth
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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Educational Memories Philosophy
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
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Inspirational Motivational Positive
On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.
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God Principles Theism
The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.
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Free Race Vagueness Will
Truth is something that happens to an idea.
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Happen Ideas Truth
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
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Civilization Class Fear
… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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Hate Inspirational Life
No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.
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Details Generalization Knowledge
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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Positive Wisdom Wise
As long as there are postmen, life will have zest.
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Expectations Long Zest
We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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Function Intellect Thinking

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

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