William james to change your life

To change your life: start immediately; do it flamboyantly; no exceptions.

William James

These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

William James

This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.

William James

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

William James

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.

William James

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

William James

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.

William James

Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

William James

The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.

William James

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

William James

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.

William James

Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.

William James

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.

William James

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

William James

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

William James

Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.

William James

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

William James

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

William James

As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy or justice, are folly when we are dealing with human crocodiles and boa-constrictors.

William James

An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.

William James

The first thing to learn in intercourse with others is non-interference with their own peculiar ways of being happy, provided those ways do not assume to interfere by violence with ours.

William James

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.

William James

William james to change your life

To change your life: start immediately; do it flamboyantly; no exceptions.

These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.

Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.

Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.

You never know what show is going to change your life.

Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us.

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.

Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy or justice, are folly when we are dealing with human crocodiles and boa-constrictors.

An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.

The first thing to learn in intercourse with others is non-interference with their own peculiar ways of being happy, provided those ways do not assume to interfere by violence with ours.

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.