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

Quote by William James

Topics: Consequences Quotes, Overcoming Quotes

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

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

Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it...

Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it...

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they...

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they...

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.

Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.

We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.

We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.

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

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

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of...

Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of...

Man, biologically considered, and whatever else he may be in the bargain, is simply the...

Man, biologically considered, and whatever else he may be in the bargain, is simply the...

These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that...

These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that...

Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half - awake. We are...

Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half - awake. We are...

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be...

We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be...

Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type...

Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type...

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything...

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything...

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

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

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the...

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the...

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so...

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so...

It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.