It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which, more than anything else, will determine its successful outcome.

Quote by William James

Topics: Attitude Quotes

We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh.

We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh.

Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating...

Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating...

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

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

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

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

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that...

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that...

Truth is what works. Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit...

Truth is what works. Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit...

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

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

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

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself...

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself...

A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.

A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.

It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.

It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.

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...

The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our...

The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our...

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...

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.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though...

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though...

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got...

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got...

Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are...

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are...