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Than Quotes by William James
- 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…
- It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
- A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
- There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
- Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment…
- Genius... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.
- Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
- One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental…
- Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it…
- The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually…
- Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our…
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