black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

William James

Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
WILLIAM JAMES

Character Mean Organization
Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
WILLIAM JAMES

Evil Prove Ruling
New habits can be launched.
WILLIAM JAMES

Habit New Launched
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
WILLIAM JAMES

Inspirational Positive Success
We are stereotyped creatures, imitators and copiers of our past selves.
WILLIAM JAMES

Habit Past Self
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
WILLIAM JAMES

Encouragement Encouraging Inspirational
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
WILLIAM JAMES

Contribution Effort World
Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
WILLIAM JAMES

Alive Attitude Authenticity
There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
WILLIAM JAMES

Differences Making Somewhere
Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
WILLIAM JAMES

Anything Firmly Imagination May
Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.
WILLIAM JAMES

Broken Funny Habit
The teachers of this country, one may say, have its future in their hands.
WILLIAM JAMES

Country Teacher Teaching
[Religion is] the attempt to be in harmony with an unseen order of things.
WILLIAM JAMES

Grace Order Unseen
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
WILLIAM JAMES

Common Dance Humor Sense
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
WILLIAM JAMES

Encouraging Life Positive
For the moment, what we attend to is reality.
WILLIAM JAMES

Attend Moments Reality

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More William James Quotes