Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures the successful outcome of any venture

Quote by William James

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

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

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

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.

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...

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good...

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good...

Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they...

Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they...

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...

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

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

To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is...

To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is...

Act the part and you will become the part.

Act the part and you will become the part.

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...

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

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

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

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

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...

Time itself comes in drops.

Time itself comes in drops.

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the...

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the...

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...

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.