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The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
If you can change your mind, you can change your life.
The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.
To change one′s life: 1. Start immediately. 2. Do it flamboyantly. 3. No exceptions.
We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.
We don′t laugh because we′re happy, we′re happy because we laugh.
Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.
The best use of life is to invest it in something which will out last life.
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.
Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.
There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.
Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.
One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of unchar
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
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