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

Quote by William James

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.

Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.

Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre...

Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre...

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready...

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready...

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.

The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.

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

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

The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way...

The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way...

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...

We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear...

We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear...

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

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

The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life...

The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life...

Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is...

Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is...

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference...

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference...

Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost...

Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost...

The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God...

The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God...

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but...

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but...