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

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. – William James

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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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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. – William James

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Faith
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William James
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Knowledge about life is one thing effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another. – William James

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Knowledge
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It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead. – Rose Macaulay

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With aching hands and bleeding feet
We dig and heap, lay stone on stone;
We bear the burden and the heat
Of the long day, and wish twere done.
Not till the hours of light return
All we have built as we discern. – Matthew Arnold

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The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical. – William Shenstone

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Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. – Kofi Annan

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