When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
WILLIAM JAMESThe discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time
More William James Quotes
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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
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If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
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What would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
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Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
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We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can’t tolerate.
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If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
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If you want to change your life, do it flamboyantly and start immediately.
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If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
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He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
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Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly.
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Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
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