William James Quotes

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  The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

  William James

  Life, Change, Positive

  "Living the Abundant Life". Book by Thomas S. Monson, 2004.

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• Thoughts become perception, perception becomes reality. Alter your thoughts, alter your reality.

  William James

  Reality, Perception

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• Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.

  William James

  Talking, People, Unhappiness

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

  William James

  Motivational, Inspiring, Attitude

  "American Treasury, 1455 - 1955". Book by Clifton Fadimany, 1455 - 1955, 1955.

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  The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

  William James

  Happiness, Fear, Stress

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• There is a law in psychology that if you form a picture in your mind of what you would like to be, and you keep and hold that picture there long enough, you will soon become exactly as you have been thinking.

  William James

  Military, Thinking, Law

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  The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

  William James

  Inspirational, Motivational, Relationship

  Letter to his class at Radcliffe College, 6 Apr. 1896, in Letters (1920) vol. 2, p. 33

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• If you can change your mind, you can change your life.

  William James

  Love, Inspirational, Motivational

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• The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

  William James

  Positive, Wise, Wisdom

  Principles of Psychology (1890) vol. 2, ch. 22

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• The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.

  William James

  Fear, Past, History

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• Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.

  William James

  Views, World

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• A winner's attitude: it may be difficult, but it's possible. A loser's attitude: It may be possible, but it's too difficult.

  William James

  Attitude, May, Loser

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

  William James

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

  William James

  Funny, Dance, Laughter

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• Formula to live your dream: 1. Be bold. 2. Begin now, 3. No exceptions.

  William James

  Dream, Corny, Formulas

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• Positive images of the future are a powerful and magnetic force... They draw us on and energize us, give us courage and will to take on important initiatives. Negative images of the future also have a magnetism. They pull the spirit downward in the path of despair.

  William James

  Powerful, Giving, Vision

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• Circumstance does not make me, it reveals me.

  William James

  Character, Doe, Circumstances

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• Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the clouds, above the storms, if you only let them.

  William James

  Dream, Hope, Clouds

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

  William James

  Motivational, Happiness, Freedom

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• Man lives in only one small room of the enormous house of his consciousness.

  William James

  Men, Thinking, Small Rooms

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• You may not get everything you dream about, but you will never get anything you don't dream about.

  William James

  Dream, May

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• The mind is made up by what it feeds upon.

  William James

  Thinking, Mind, Made

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• There is nothing so absurd that it cannot be believed as truth if repeated often enough.

  William James

  Science, Belief, Enough

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• To kill time is not murder, it's suicide.

  William James

  Suicide, Murder

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• Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.

  William James

  Teamwork, Men, Two

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