Top 15 William James Quotes

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

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.

We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.

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

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

The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.

To change one’s life:
1. Start immediately.
2. Do it flamboyantly.
3. No exceptions.

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

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.

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it.

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

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

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

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

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.