William James Quotes
Browse 17 quotes from William James, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.”
“To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions.”
“It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.”
“Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.”
“If you can change your mind, you can change your life.”
“Nothing is as fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.”
“The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.”
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”
“The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.”
“Belief creates the actual fact.”
“When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.”
“The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.”
“The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgment, character, and will.”
“A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.”
“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”
“Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.”
