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William James
William James
American Philosopher
Born: Jan 11, 1842
Died: Aug 26, 1910
Any Life Man Will World You
Related authors: Allan Bloom Deepak Chopra George Herbert Mead John Dewey Judith Butler Lysander Spooner Robert M. Pirsig Robert Nozick
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. William James
Positive Life Worth Will Believe Living Worth Living Fact Create Your Help Belief
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. William James
Stress Thought Our Weapon Ability Over Another Greatest Greatest Weapon Against Choose
Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. William James
Power Weakness Leads Optimism Pessimism
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. William James
Great People Think Thinking Merely Prejudices Many
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. William James
Art Wise Knowing Overlook Being
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. William James
Acceptance First Consequences Misfortune Step Overcoming First Step Any Happened
Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude. William James
Attitude Relationship You Conflict Someone Factor Between Make Difference Whenever Your Deepening Damaging
The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it. William James
Life Will Spend Outlast Something Greatest Use
The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. William James
Life Attitude Generation Human Being My Generation Attitudes Alter Altering Greatest His Discovery Human Being
The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds. William James
History Change World Fear Result Past Sense Dissolve Our Minds Insane Slip System Willing Must See Perceive Seems Expand Working Belief Now Away Differently
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. William James
Attitude Will Beginning Difficult Else Our Outcome More More Than Anything Affect Than Task Anything Anything Else Which Successful Difficult Task
I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing. William James
Happy Sing Because
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause. William James
Savage Good Man Cause Good Man Bad Some Bad One Between Ready Difference Choice
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. William James
Sports People Wind First Enough Out Run Find Never Most Got Far Second
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 a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results. William James
Positive Success Attitude Failure You Reality Yourself Will Men Positive Results Though Something More Results Feel Soon Look Becomes Amazed Accomplished Accordingly Conduct Than Depends Capacity Successful Act Enjoying
Belief creates the actual fact. William James
Fact Creates Belief Actual
Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. William James
Acceptance First Consequences Willing Misfortune Step Overcoming First Step Any Happened
The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. William James
Nature Power Crushed Human Nature Alcohol Cold Earth Criticisms Unquestionably Mystical Facts Faculties Over Hour Dry Due Stimulate Human Sober Sway Mankind
Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not. William James
Together Will Feeling Control Action Follow Direct Seems More Indirectly Go Which Really Regulate
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. William James
Mind Attitudes Alter Altering Human Human Beings Beings Lives
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice. William James
Day Practice Everybody Hates He Least Just Should Each Each Day Things Two
There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self. William James
Faith Failure Man Cause Self True True Self His Lack Human
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 modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings. William James
Life Soul Blame Stronger Think Thinking Determines Habit Environment Because Does Govern Surroundings Than Common Lovely Should Why Things
Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action. William James
Happiness Action Without May Bring
To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. William James
Life Change Immediately Start
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one. William James
Education Good You Man Good Man College Aim See College Education Know Teach
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