William James
(33 quotes)
Tuesday Jun 7, 2022
William James: Care about a result
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
William James: Your Success
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.
Monday Dec 27, 2021
William James: Your Life
Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.
Wednesday Sep 8, 2021
William James: Your Attitude
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.
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
William James: Keep Singing
I don't sing because I'm happy;
I'm happy because I sing.
Thursday Aug 12, 2021
William James: Listen to the background of your mind and act
In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
William James: Action and feeling
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.
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
William James: You can make a difference
Act as if what you do makes a difference.
It does.
Friday Feb 12, 2021
William James: Great Use of Life
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
Thursday Feb 4, 2021
William James: Laugh!
We don't laugh because we're happy -
We're happy because we laugh.
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
William James: Our attitude is important
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
William James: How to see the world differently
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.
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
William James: Life is worth living
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
William James: our greatest weapon against stress
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
William James: Whenever two people meet
Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
William James: Your attitude of mind
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Tuesday Dec 3, 2019
William James: Changing your mind
If you can change your mind,
you can change your life.
Monday Nov 11, 2019
William James: You can change your life
The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
Monday Aug 26, 2019
William James: Acceptance
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
Friday Aug 23, 2019
William James: Don`believe everything
It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
Friday Jun 7, 2019
William James: We are like islands in the sea
We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.
Friday May 24, 2019
William James: The art of being wise
The art of being wise is the ability to know what should be ignored.
Monday Mar 11, 2019
William James: Do you live on another planet?
If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
William James: Break your limits
Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake. We are making use of only a small part of our physical and mental resources. Stating the thing broadly, the human individual thus lives far within his limits. He possesses powers of various sorts which he habitually fails to use.
Thursday Sep 14, 2017
William James: Thinking
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
Monday May 8, 2017
William James: Procrastination
Procrastination is attitude's natural assassin. There's nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task.
Tuesday Jun 30, 2015
William James: Together laughing heartly
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 demon of uncharitable feeling.
Monday Oct 13, 2014
William James: Normal and abnormal
To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
Friday Oct 11, 2013
William James: Happiness and Action
Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.