William James Quotes
The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
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.
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.
Real servants don't try to use God for their purposes. They let God use them for His purposes.
The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
We with our lives are like islands in the sea... The islands also hang together through the ocean's bottom.
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.
Thoughts become perception, perception becomes reality. Alter your thoughts, alter your reality.
To change one's life: a. Start immediately b. B. Do it flamboyantly c. No exceptions Never suffer an exception to occur till the new habit is securely rooted.
Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the clouds, above the storms, if you only let them.
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.
There is nothing so absurd that it cannot be believed as truth if repeated often enough.
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
The function of ignoring, of inattention, is as vital a factor in mental progress as the function of attention itself.
Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?
Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.
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.
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
The aim of medicine is to prevent disease and prolong life, the ideal of medicine is to eliminate the need of a physician.
The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals.
We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
