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Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice. ”
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain. ”
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. ”
We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable. ”
Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another. ”
To spend life for something which outlasts it. ”
The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives. ”
The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it. ”
To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. ”
If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience. ”