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

Quote by William James

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The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they...

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they...

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month...

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month...

Belief creates the actual fact.

Belief creates the actual fact.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can change his life...

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can change his life...

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

There is a voice inside which speaks and says: ''This is the real me!''

There is a voice inside which speaks and says: ''This is the real me!''

Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing...

Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing...

Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.

Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.

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

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

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are...

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are...

To spend life for something which outlasts it.

To spend life for something which outlasts it.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from...

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from...

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.

Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of...

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of...

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out...

The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out...

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes...

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes...