Quote by William James
No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no m

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good ones sentiments may be, if one have not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, ones character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. With good intentions, hell proverbially is paved. – William James

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We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. – William James

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The first thing to learn in intercourse with others is noninterference with their own peculiar ways of being happy, provided those ways do not assume to interfere by violence with ours. – William James

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Image creates desire. You will what you imagine. – J. G. Gallimore

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He means well is useless unless he does well. – Plautus

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Hell is full of good intentions or desires. – St. Bernard of Clairvaux

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Nothing happens by itself… it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions. – Ben Stein

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A man who does not trust himself will never really trust anybody. – Cardinal De Retz

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