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Quotes by William James

15 Total

Without belief there can be no successful outcome.

We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort. We postpone and postpone, until those smiling possibilities are dead.

The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.

The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.

The greatest discovery of our generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

The greatest discovery of our generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

The greatest discovery of our generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated

The art of becoming wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

Seek out that particular mental attribute that makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes a voice that says, “This is the real me,” and when you have that attitude, follow it.

If you wish to upset the law that all crows are black, you mustn’t seek to show that no crows are; it is enough if you prove one single crow to be white.

BELIEF creates the actual fact.

BELIEF creates the actual fact.

Believe that life is worth living, and your beliefs will help create the fact.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.