List of quotes from William James
"Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours."
by William James
"Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear."
by William James
"To change ones life, start immediately, do it flamboyantly, no exceptions."
by William James
"Genius means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way."
by William James
"The greatest discovery of our generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. As you think, so shall you be."
by William James
"Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power"
by William James
"Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune."
by William James
"Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact."
by William James
"Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day. That is, be systematically ascetic or heroic in little unnecessary points, do every day or two something for no other reason than that 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." by William James
"We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can. The more of the details of our daily life we can hand over to the effortless custody of automatism, the more our higher powers of mind will be set free for their own proper work." by William James