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Quote by William James
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after al

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain. – William James

Other quotes by William James

We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition. – William James

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Poverty
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William James
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Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought. – William James

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Language
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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Im not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. Im not looking for the secret to life… I just go on from day to day, taking what comes. – Frank Sinatra

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This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it. – William James

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I do not want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. – Diane Ackerman

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I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and its pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living. – Harry Nilsson

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