"Act in earnest and you will become..." - Quote by William James
Act in earnest and you will become earnest in all you do.
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“...These healers...my intellect has been unable to assimilate their theories....But their facts are patent and startling; and anything that interferes with the multiplication of such facts, and with our freest opportunity of observing and studying them, will, I believe, be a public calamity.”
“We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh.”
“The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.”
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“The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.”
“There are many things that happen every day that we could murmur about if we let ourselves go there. But they really aren't worth the effort it takes to get upset and gripe about it.”
“There is hardship in everything except eating pancakes.”