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James Truslow Adams quotes

American Historian October 18, 1878 – May 18, 1949

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The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which... James Truslow Adams
James Truslow Adams quote: "The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter..."
The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind. James Truslow Adams
James Truslow Adams quote: "The great value of life is to spend it on something that will..."
The great value of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it. James Truslow Adams
There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us. James Truslow Adams
Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it. James Truslow Adams
James Truslow Adams quote: "There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to..."
There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. James Truslow Adams
James Truslow Adams quote: "The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare..."
The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but freedom from care and worry. James Truslow Adams
James Truslow Adams quote: "Age acquires no value save through thought and discipline."
Age acquires no value save through thought and discipline. James Truslow Adams

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