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 has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, ones character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. – William James

Other quotes by William James

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again. – William James

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A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain. – William James

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A good thing to remember is somebodys got it a lot worse than we do. – Joel Osteen

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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up. – Lana Turner

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In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind. – Gilbert Parker

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But the real secret to lifelong good health is actually the opposite: Let your body take care of you. – Deepak Chopra

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I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew that my IQ had been damaged. – Stephen King

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Success has nothing to do with happiness. – Gillian Anderson

Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with its just compounding the felony. – Robert Benchley

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Strange how love coexists with hate, how they render eachother mute, how the swilling of them together makes a new and softer, sympathetic thing. – Sonya Hartnett

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