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Positive Quotes by William James
- Regarding mutual tolerance: It is negative in one sense, but positive in another. It absolutely forbids us to be forward in pronouncing on the meaninglessness…
- Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
- Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
- 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…
- The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
- The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
- It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
- Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
- Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.
- If you can change your mind, you can change your life.
- It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
- To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
- The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects…
- He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
- The discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time
- Positive images of the future are a powerful and magnetic force... They draw us on and energize us, give us courage and will to take…
More Positive Quotes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle
- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. — Aristotle
- This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. — Neil Armstrong
- Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. — Mary Kay Ash
- A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. — Mary Kay Ash
- Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. — Francis of Assisi
- Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one another, hopefully… — Diane Ackerman
- You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past. — Richard Bach