352. William James
“You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.”
“You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.”
“The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.”
“Don’t write so that you can be understood, write so that you can’t be misunderstood.”
“Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.”
“We must wake ourselves up! Or somebody else will take our place, and bear our cross, and thereby rob us of our crown.”
“We could hardly wait to get up in the morning.”
“Motivation means we have an idea and we are going to carry through on that idea. We work hard at it, and we are disciplined.”
“Worry is a waste of imagination.”
“Act now. There is never any time but now, and there never will be any time but now.”
“Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.”