William James Quotes — Page 2

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

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

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing

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

William James