The greatest weapon against stress is the ability to choose one thought over another.

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"Whenever you’re in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude."

- William James

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

- William James

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"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."

- William James

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"My experience is what I agree to attend to."

- William James

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"Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear."

- William James

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"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."

- Henry David Thoreau

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"Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince."

- Anon

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"You have to think it before you can do it. The mind is what makes it all possible."

- Kai Greene

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"Your mind is the key to your body’s strength."

- Unknown

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"Your limits are all in your mind."

- Unknown

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