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Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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.
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
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.
If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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.
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
Belief creates the actual fact.
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour.
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
Time itself comes in drops.
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