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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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The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. – William James

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Attitude
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William James
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Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass, so long as nothing challenges them, just as bank-notes pass so long as nobody refuses them. – William James

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Truth
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William James
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He means well is useless unless he does well. – Plautus

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Intention

The best-laid schemes o mice an men
Gang aft agley. – Robert Burns

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Intention

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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Intention

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

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Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failure. In the assurance of strength there is strength, and, they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers. – Christian Nevell Bovee

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We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present. – Adlai E. Stevenson

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It is the right of our people to organize to oppose any law and any part of the Constitution with which they are not in sympathy. – Alfred E. Smith

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The only reason Im in Hollywood is that I dont have the moral courage to refuse the money. – Marlon Brando

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