Both thought and feeling are determinants of conduct, and the same conduct may be determined either by feeling or by thought.
WILLIAM JAMESYou may not get everything you dream about, but you will never get anything you don’t dream about.
More William James Quotes
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Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as effortlessly as young birds take to the sky.
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The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.
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Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.
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[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.
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If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
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Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
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The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
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[Religion is] the attempt to be in harmony with an unseen order of things.
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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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The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.
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