Quote by William James
The great use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts i

The great use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it. – 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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Individuality is founded in feeling and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of character, are the only places in the world in which we catch real fact in the making, and directly perceive how events happen, and how work is actually done. – William James

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work
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It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. – William James

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Attitude
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Helping
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If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it. – Author Unknown

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Helping

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do. – Khalil Gibran

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Helping

Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you. – James Freeman Clarke

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Helping

Live simply that others might simply live. – Elizabeth Ann Seton

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Helping

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Health is the core of human development. – Gro Harlem Brundtland

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If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim. – Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Adversity

Its kinda cool seeing people having real fights with people they really know. – Ron Livingston

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cool

Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward. – Jeremy Taylor

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