8 Quotes by William James about attitude
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Why should we think upon things that are lovely Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.
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Belief and doubt are living attitudes, and involve conduct on our part. Our only way, for example, of doubting, or refusing to believe, that a certain thing is, is continuing to act as if it were not.
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It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which, more than anything else, will determine its successful outcome.
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If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
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The greatest discovery of the 20th Century is that our attitude of mind determines our quality of life, not circumstances.
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A winner's attitude: it may be difficult, but it's possible. A loser's attitude: It may be possible, but it's too difficult.
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We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude.
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The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly.
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