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Never suffer an exception to occur till the new habit is securely rooted in your life.
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Excitements, ideas, and efforts, in a word, are what carry us over the dam.
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The transformation, moreover, is a chronic one: the new level of energy becomes permanent.
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A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
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It is notorious that a single successful effort of moral volition, such as saying 'no' to some habitual temptation, or performing some courageous act, will launch a man on a higher level of energy for days and weeks, will give him a new range of power.
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We are all to some degree oppressed, unfree. We don't come to our own. It is there, but we don't get at it. The threshold must be made to shift.