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«Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.»
«If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
another planet, different, event, feeling, our planet, planet, reside, resided, residing, system, worrying
«We don't laugh because we're happy -- we're happy because we laugh.»
«It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which, more than anything else, will determine its successful outcome.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Attitude
| Keywords:
Anything Else, determine, outcome, outcomes, successful, undertaking, undertook
«The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
stress, stressed, stresses, Stressing, weapon
«These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Belief,
Life,
Positive thinking
| Keywords:
afraid, belief, create, fact, facts of life, help, last, living, these, The Facts of Life, worth
«To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Change,
Life
| Keywords:
flamboyantly, immediately, start
«Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
eternal, fatigued, fatigues, fatiguing, hanging, task, The Eternal, uncompleted
«There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
habitual, human being, indecision, miserable, no more
«Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.»
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