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All Quotes by author - William James

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

" A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain. "

" Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. "

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

" Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not. "

" A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. "

" A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him. "

" An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible. "

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

" Begin to be now what you will be hereafter. "

" Belief creates the actual fact. "

" Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. "

" Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. "

" Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake. "

" Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state. "

" Do something everyday for no other reason than 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. "

" Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice. "

" Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not. "

" Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible. "

" Genius... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way. "

" Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed. "

" How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure. "

" Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. "

" I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing. "

" If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick. "

" If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience. "

" If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door. "

" 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. "

" If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it. "

" If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. "

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