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

Other quotes by William James

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system. – William James

Category:
Change
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Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out theyve got a second. – William James

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Sports
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From a pragmatic point of view, the difference between living against a background of foreigness (an indifferent Universe) and one of intimacy (a benevolent Universe) means the difference between a general habit of wariness and one of trust. – William James

Category:
Universe, The
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Life is hard to bear. But do not pretend to be so frail! We are all good he-asses and she-asses of burden. – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), “Of Reading and Writing,” Thus Spake Zarathus

Category:
Adversity

I bear a little more than I can bear. – Elinor Hoyt Wylie

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Adversity

Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no part in it. – Jean Anouilh, Antigone, 1942

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Adversity

The course of true anything never does run smooth. – Samuel Butler

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Adversity

Random Quotes

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth. – Ludwig Börne

Category:
Philosophical

A multiple personality is in a certain sense normal. – George H. Mead

Category:
Personality

Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society. – Niccolo Machiavelli

Category:
Society

It doesnt do good to open doors for someone who doesnt have the price to get in. If he has the price, he may not need the laws. There is no law saying the Negro has to live in Harlem or Watts. – Ronald Reagan

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good