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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. ↗

— William James

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To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's type of thinking. ↗

— 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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My dad was an entrepreneurial businessman, and maybe I got some of his ability. ↗

— Thomas Jane

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The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. ↗

— William James

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

— William James

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Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another. ↗

— William James

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

— William James

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There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse. ↗

— William James

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We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable. ↗

— William James

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