Quote by William James
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Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results. – William James

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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 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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Age
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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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Reason is an action of the mind knowledge is a possession of the mind but faith is an attitude of the person. It means you are prepared to stake yourself on something being so. – Michael Ramsey

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But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be. – Alan Watts

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Id rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star.Id rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far;for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are. – Milton Berle

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Why not learn to enjoy the little things — there are so many of them. – Author Unknown

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Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution. – Mary Daly

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Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends…. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. – Henry David Thoreau

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I really dont know what makes a comedian. I think its a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same ingredients in another person, he may never utter a funny line. – Bob Newhart

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People fear death even more than pain. Its strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend. – Jim Morrison

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