All William James Quotes
- Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. Belief
- Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. Act
- Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is… Attitude
- Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes… Accomplished
- The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. Art
- Belief creates the actual fact. Actual
- Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. Acceptance
- The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. Ability
- The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. Alter
- If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. Act
- A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. Attitude
- Begin to be now what you will be hereafter. Begin
- Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Effort
- The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. Acceptance
- I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing. Happiness
- The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we… Away Expand
- Wisdom is learning what to overlook. Experience
- If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with… Another Planet
- It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. Affect
- The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. Charity