Quotes from William James
Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
- William James
A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
- William James
Considering the inner fitness of things, one would rather think that the very first act of a will endowed with freedom should be to sustain the belief in the freedom itself.
- William James
Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that ensures the successful outcome of our venture.
- William James
If you want a quality act as if you already had it.
- William James
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create that fact.
- William James
The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.
- William James
When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.
- William James
Man lives by habits indeed, but what he lives for is thrill and excitements. ... From time immemorial war has been ... the supremely thrilling excitement.
- William James
ìCommon 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
All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.
- William James
Experience has ways of boiling over, and making us correct our present formulas
- William James