Best Psychology Quotations
977 Psychology quotes by 625 unique authors
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It appears evident, therefore, that those actions only can truly be called virtuous, and deserving of moral approbation, which the agent believed to be right,…
— Thomas Reid
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must acknowledge, that to act properly is much more valuable than to think justly or reason acutely.
— Thomas Reid
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In every case, we ought to act that part towards another, which we would judge to be right in him to act toward us, if…
— Thomas Reid
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Common sense doesn't have the last word in ethics or anywhere else, but it has, as J. L. Austin said about ordinary language, the first…
— Thomas Nagel
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My selective memory of what drinking was like told me that standing at the bar in a pub, on a summer's evening with a long,…
— Eric Clapton
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Man was destined for society. His morality, therefore, was to be formed to this object. He was endowed with a sense of right and wrong…
— Thomas Jefferson
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We are born of risen apes, not fallen angels.
— Robert Ardrey
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Habits of thinking need not be forever. One of the most significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that individuals choose the…
— Martin Seligman
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It is evident, therefore, that one of the most fundamental problems of psychology is that of investigating the laws of mental growth. When these laws…
— Lewis Terman
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The most prepared are the most dedicated.
— Raymond Berry
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It's always something that's going to be a part of me. It's the reason why I work so hard each and every day. It's the…
— Michael Vick
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I expect big things from myself but as long as I can keep the commitment and dedication and put the hard work in, I don't…
— Rory McIlroy
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Always have a plan and believe in it. I tell my coaches not to compromise. Nothing good happens by accident.
— Chuck Knox
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I've had moments where I didn't hit the ball very good coming in, and you've got to turn it around. That's the whole idea of…
— Tiger Woods
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If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for…
— Joseph Goebbels
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Investing is the intersection of economics and psychology.
— Seth Klarman
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While some might mistakenly consider value investing a mechanical tool for identifying bargains, it is actually a comprehensive investment philosophy that emphasizes the need to…
— Seth Klarman
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When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess is regarded as…
— Jose Raul Capablanca
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In chess the most unbelievable thing for me is that it's a game for everybody: rich, poor, girl, boy, old, young. It's a fantastic game…
— Judit Polgar
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I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves
— Bobby Fischer
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Chess is thirty to forty percent psychology. You don't have this when you play a computer. I can't confuse it
— Judit Polgar
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He that feareth is a slave, were he never so rich, were he never so powerful. But he that is without fear is king of…
— Eric Rucker Eddison
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The Ideal is in thyself, the impediments too is in thyself.
— Thomas Carlyle
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No matter where or what, there are makers, takers, and fakers.
— Robert A. Heinlein
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We must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all.
— William Hazlitt
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