James Allen
James Allen
Pioneer of magnetospheric research in space whose discovery of the radiation belts encircling the earth helped to further the science of astronomy. He was one of Time Magazine's Man of the Year in 1960.
NationalityBritish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth7 September 1914
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Passion in all its forms is a mental thirst, a fever, a torturing unrest. As a fire consumes a magnificent building, reducing it to a heap of unsightly ashes, so are men consumed by the flames of passions, and their deeds and works fall and perish.
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They who have no central purpose in their life fall an easy prey to petty worries, fears, troubles, and self-pitying, all of which are indications of weakness, which lead, just as surely as deliberately planned sins (though by a different route), to failure, unhappiness, and loss, for weakness cannot persist in a power evolving universe.
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When mental energy is allowed to follow the line of least resistance and to fall into easy channels, it is called weakness.
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Some of the teams have been pretty tough.
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We are reaffirming what is our policy. This is a standard package of incentives.
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What they knew about the body is quite striking, though they did not always understand it.
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All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts
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Where there are difficulties to cope with, and unsatisfactory conditions to overcome, there virtue most flourishes and manifests its glory.
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We have no reason to believe there is any other usage among fire personnel,
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We want to see what's out there and is it worthwhile to take anything to the next level of funding.
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We don't have any choice but to pay it back, but it shouldn't have been borrowed to begin with.
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He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would accomplish much must sacrifice much
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We say use a program that is appropriate for the particular situation.
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To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment; who make all conditions serve them, and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish masterfully.