"We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be."

James, William on truth   

"The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly. What can be more base and unworthy than the pining, puling, mumping mood, no matter by what outward ills it may have been engendered? What is more injurious to others? What less helpful as a way out of the difficulty? It but fastens and perpetuates the trouble which occasioned it, and increases the total evil of the situation. At all costs, then, we ought to reduce the sway of that mood; we ought to scout it in ourselves and others, and never show it tolerance."

James, William on happiness   

"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook."

James, William on wisdom
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"The sovereign cure for worry is prayer."

James, William on worry
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"When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that in itself is a choice."

James, William on choice
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"I had six honest serving men. They taught me all I knew. Their names were: Where, What, When, Why, How and Who."

Kipling, Rudyard on learning
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"Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can."

Kaye, Danny on life   

"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."

Lombardi, Vince on determination
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"If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives."

Lombardi, Vince on excellence
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"Football is like life -- it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority."

Lombardi, Vince on football
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"Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit."

Lombardi, Vince on habit
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"Mental toughness is many things. It is humility because it behooves all of us to remember that simplicity is the sign of greatness and meekness is the sign of true strength. Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love."

Lombardi, Vince on humility
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"A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done."

Lombardi, Vince on possibilities
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"The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur."

Lombardi, Vince on power
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"All right Mister, let me tell you what winning means... you're willing to go longer, work harder, give more than anyone else."

Lombardi, Vince on winners and winning
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"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."

Lombardi, Vince on commitment
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"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will."

Lombardi, Vince on commitment   

"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up."

Lombardi, Vince on commitment
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"Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence."

Lombardi, Vince on perfection
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"It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference."

Bryant, Bear on winners and winning
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"There's no substitute for guts."

Bryant, Bear on courage   

"If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games."

Bryant, Bear on praise   

"It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own."

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich on strength
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"Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility."

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich on action
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"Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on ambition
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"Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on greatness
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"True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on heroes and heroism
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"Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on impossibility
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"When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on mediocrity   

"If you wish to be success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on promises
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"Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on riches   

"With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on risk   

"One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on strategies
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"Ability is of little account without opportunity."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on ability
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"The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains"

Bonaparte, Napoleon on ability
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"Victory belongs to the most persevering."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on victory   

"The most dangerous moment comes with victory."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on victory   

"You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your tricks of war."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on competition
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"I have only one counsel for you -- be master."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on control   

"The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on control
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