150 Quotations by William James
- 1. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
![A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.. William James.](/img/view.gif)
- 2. A genius is the man in whom you are least likely to find the power of attending to anything insipid ...
![A genius is the man in whom you are least likely to find the power of attending to anything insipid .... William James.](/img/view.gif)
- 3. A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely re-arranging their prejudices.
![A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely re-arranging their prejudices.. William James.](/img/view.gif)
- 4. A little cooling down of animal excitability and instinct, a little loss of animal toughness, a litt ...
![A little cooling down of animal excitability and instinct, a little loss of animal toughness, a litt .... William James.](/img/view.gif)
- 5. A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes ...
![A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes .... William James.](/img/view.gif)
- 6. A rule of thinking which would absolutely prevent me from acknowledging certain kinds of truth if th ...
![A rule of thinking which would absolutely prevent me from acknowledging certain kinds of truth if th .... William James.](/img/view.gif)
- 7. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
![Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.. William James.](/img/view.gif)
- 8. Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
![Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.. William James.](/img/view.gif)
- 9. Act in earnest and you will become earnest in all you do.
![Act in earnest and you will become earnest in all you do.. William James.](/img/view.gif)
- 10. Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
![Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.. William James.](/img/view.gif)
- 11. Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the act ...
![Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the act .... William James.](/img/view.gif)
- 12. All of us, in the flow of feeling we have pleased, want to do more to please.
![All of us, in the flow of feeling we have pleased, want to do more to please.. William James.](/img/view.gif)
- 13. An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.
![An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.. William James.](/img/view.gif)
- 14. As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.
![As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.. William James.](/img/view.gif)
- 15. As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, c ...
![As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, c .... William James.](/img/view.gif)
- 16. As-if principle: If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
![As-if principle: If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.. William James.](/img/view.gif)
- 17. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
![Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.. William James.](/img/view.gif)
- 18. Belief creates the actual fact.
![Belief creates the actual fact.. William James.](/img/view.gif)
- 19. Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake. We are making use of only a small part of o ...
![Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake. We are making use of only a small part of o .... William James.](/img/view.gif)
- 20. Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of ...
![Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of .... William James.](/img/view.gif)
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