"The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful,……" — William James

The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and… - William James

"The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly."

— William James

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484 Quotes by William James

William James has 484 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I take it that no man is educated who has never dallied with the thought of suicide.
Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
To know psychology, therefore, is absolutely no guarantee that we shall be good teacher.
There is a stream, a succession of states, or waves, or fields (or whatever you please to call them), of…
Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting…
No reception without reaction, no impression without correlative expression, -this is the great maxim which the teacher ought never to…
Habit is second nature, or rather . . . ten times nature.
We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can, and as carefully…
It is astonishing how many mental operations we can explain when we have once grasped the principles of association
The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of…
Any object not interesting in itself may become interesting through becoming associated with an object in which an interest already…
An idea will infect another with its own emotional interest when they have become both associated together into any sort…

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Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right… — Aristotle
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever. — Lance Armstrong
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as… — Mary Kay Ash
Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel… — Mary Kay Ash
The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight. — Arthur Ashe
Our life is what our thoughts make it. — Marcus Aurelius
When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up. — Roger Babson
A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me. — David Bailey
I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever… — Pearl Bailey
I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume… — Amy Adams
Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations. — Faith Baldwin
The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose. — James A. Baldwin

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