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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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

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The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives. – William James

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Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their “agreement,” as falsity means their disagreement, with “reality.” – William James

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Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world. – Eckhart Tolle

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Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose — a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein, 1818

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Its tricky. Ive never been standing at the top of the tree with tons of money thrown at me. Ive never really had a profile. So in a way I have this nothing to lose attitude. – Joel Edgerton

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Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it cant be done. – Bo Bennett

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