55 quotes by William James

“The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” — William James

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“Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.” — William James

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“The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.” — William James

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“Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.” — William James

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“How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.” — William James

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“Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.” — William James

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“Belief creates the actual fact.” — William James

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“Knowledge about life is one thing effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.” — William James

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“If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.” — William James

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“If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.” — William James

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“Wisdom is learning what to overlook.” — William James

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“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” — William James

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“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.” — William James

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“This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.” — William James

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“A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.” — William James

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“The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.” — William James

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“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” — William James

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“Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.” — William James

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“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.” — William James

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“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

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“Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.” — William James

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“Man lives for science as well as bread.” — William James

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“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.” — William James

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“The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.” — William James

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“Time itself comes in drops.” — William James

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