"It is not the critic who counts. Not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause. Who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."

Roosevelt, Theodore on risk
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"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind."

James, William on attitude
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"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you."

James, William on perseverance
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"Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune."

James, William on misfortunes   

"If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door."

James, William on miracles
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"The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated."

James, William on approval
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"Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice."

James, William on life   

"There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision, and for whom the lighting of every cigar, the drinking of every cup, the time of rising and going to bed every day, and the beginning of every bit of work, are subjects of express volitional deliberation."

James, William on indecision   

"If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. Try the as if technique."

James, William on imagination
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"We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can...in the acquisition of a new habit, we must take car to launch ourselves with as strong and decided initiative as possible. Never suffer an exception to occur till the new habit is securely rooted in your life."

James, William on habit
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"Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance, and saves the children of fortune from the envious uprisings of the poor."

James, William on habit   

"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task."

James, William on fatigue
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"It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence."

James, William on faith   

"There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self."

James, William on failure
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"We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort. We postpone and postpone, until those smiling possibilities are dead."

James, William on effort
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"If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it."

James, William on desire
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"Events are influenced by our very great desires."

James, William on desire
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"The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old."

James, William on growth
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"It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome."

James, William on attitude
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