"Just for today I will exercise my soul……" — William James
"Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don't want to do"
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484 Quotes by William James
William James has 484 quotes on this site.
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I take it that no man is educated who has never dallied with the thought of suicide.
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Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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To know psychology, therefore, is absolutely no guarantee that we shall be good teacher.
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There is a stream, a succession of states, or waves, or fields (or whatever you please to call them), of…
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Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting…
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No reception without reaction, no impression without correlative expression, -this is the great maxim which the teacher ought never to…
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Habit is second nature, or rather . . . ten times nature.
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We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can, and as carefully…
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It is astonishing how many mental operations we can explain when we have once grasped the principles of association
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The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of…
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Any object not interesting in itself may become interesting through becoming associated with an object in which an interest already…
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An idea will infect another with its own emotional interest when they have become both associated together into any sort…
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More Exercise Quotes
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.
— Aristophanes
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It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want,…
— Kevyn Aucoin
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I exercise everyday. I swim, I bike, I run and I go to the gym.
— Lance Armstrong
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For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and…
— Lance Armstrong
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I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running…
— Neil Armstrong
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A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.
— Mary Kay Ash
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On the 17th of May, the Delos put out to sea. I was immediately affected with sea-sickness, which, however, lasted…
— John James Audubon
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Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right…
— Charles Babbage
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I took a gamble to exercise leadership without losing my feminine nature.
— Michelle Bachelet
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In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate.
— Michelle Bachelet
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God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the…
— Francis Bacon
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It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance,…
— David Bailey
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