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Quote by William James
Everybody ought to do at least two things each day that he hates t

Everybody ought to do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice. – William James

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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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Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it. – William James

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Worth
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William James
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Sometimes the littlest things in life are the hardest to take. You can sit on a mountain more comfortably than on a tack. – Author Unknown

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Adversity

Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. – Robert Service

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Adversity
[M]y strength is made perfect in weakness. – Bible, IICorinthians12:9

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Adversity

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. – Steven Kloves, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (movie)

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Adversity

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Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that Gods dust is greater than your idol. – Rabindranath Tagore

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I think a spiritual journey is not so much a journey of discovery. Its a journey of recovery. Its a journey of uncovering your own inner nature. Its already there. – Billy Corgan

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Its nice, being brought up with no money at all. Its just not how I measure success, so that makes it a bunch easier. – Bode Miller

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One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge. – Robert Staughton Lynd

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