When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome

Quote by William James

Topics: Decision Quotes, Execution Quotes

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

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

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 study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.

To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.

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...

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

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

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

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

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

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...

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how...

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how...

The 'I think' which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is...

The 'I think' which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is...

The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man...

The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man...

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

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

Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone...

Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone...

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the...

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the...

Genius ... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

Genius ... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing...

Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing...

Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way

Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States,...

If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States,...

When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion,...

When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion,...