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“Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.”

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“Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.”

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“Do every day or two something for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.”

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“The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.”

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“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”

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“It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.”

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“Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make very small use of their possible consciousness, and of their soul's resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his little finger.”

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“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”

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“The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.”

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“Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.”

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“If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.”

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