Quote by William James
It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty,

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

Other quotes by William James

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. – William James

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Stress
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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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I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work. – William Ernest Hocking

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Because of my age and because theres more work on the small screen. What its missing in quality it makes up for in quantity. From an actors selfish point of view. – Cesar Romero

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You know youre getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them. – Harrison Ford

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It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age. – Margaret Mead

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Unquiet meals make ill digestions. – William Shakespeare

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I love my daughter, but she had me on couscous and fixed me pastas and made me eat oatmeal every morning and what else, turkey burgers, turkey bacon, and that kind of stuff. So she wants her dad to live a long time, and I do, too. – Dusty Baker

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Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves. – Thomas Carlyle

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Locks keep out only the honest. – Yiddish Proverb

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