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> [“The great value of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-truslow-adams/the-great-value-of-life-is-to-spend-it-on-something-that-will-outlast/)

[James Truslow Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-truslow-adams/)

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## Other authors on Life Spend

## More by James Truslow Adams

> [“As we look over the list of the early leaders of the republic, Washington, John Adams, Hamilton, and others, we discern that they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-truslow-adams/as-we-look-over-the-list-of-the-early-leaders-of-the-republic/)

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> [“There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. Surely these should never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-truslow-adams/there-are-obviously-two-educations-one-should-teach-us-how-to-make-a/)

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> [“The great value of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-truslow-adams/the-great-value-of-life-is-to-spend-it-on-something-that-will-outlast/)

[James Truslow Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-truslow-adams/)

> [The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-truslow-adams/the-greatest-discovery-of-my-generation-is-that-man-can-alter-his/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-truslow-adams/the-american-dream-is-that-dream-of-a-land-in-which-life-should-be/)

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> [It may be that without a vision men shall die. It is no less true that, without hard practical sense, they shall also die.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-truslow-adams/it-may-be-that-without-a-vision-men-shall-die-it-is-no-less-true-that/)

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> [Age acquires no value save through thought and discipline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-truslow-adams/age-acquires-no-value-save-through-thought-and-discipline/)

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> [There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. Surely these should never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-truslow-adams/there-are-obviously-two-educations-one-should-teach-us-how-to-make-a-3/)

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> [There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-truslow-adams/there-is-so-much-good-in-the-worst-of-us-and-so-much-bad-in-the-best-2/)

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> [Lincoln was not great because he was born in a log cabin, but because he got out of it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-truslow-adams/lincoln-was-not-great-because-he-was-born-in-a-log-cabin-but-because/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-truslow-adams/the-american-dream-is-that-dream-of-a-land-in-which-life-should-be-2/)

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> [Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible: we keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-truslow-adams/our-minds-thus-grow-in-spots-and-like-grease-spots-the-spots-spread-3/)

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> [We cannot advance without new experiments in living, but no wise man tries every day what he has proved wrong the day before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-truslow-adams/we-cannot-advance-without-new-experiments-in-living-but-no-wise-man/)

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> [The American Dream that has lured tens of millions of all nations to our shores in the past century has not been a dream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-truslow-adams/the-american-dream-that-has-lured-tens-of-millions-of-all-nations-to/)

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> [The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but freedom from care and worry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-truslow-adams/the-freedom-now-desired-by-many-is-not-freedom-to-do-and-dare-but/)

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