Don't preach too much to your pupils or abound in good talk in the abstract. Lie in wait rather for the practical opportunities, be prompt to seize those as they pass, and thus at one operation get your pupils both to think, to feel, and to do. William James More Quotes by William James More Quotes From William James We with our lives are like islands in the sea... The islands also hang together through the ocean's bottom. William James seaislandslove There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. William James philosophicalsadnessinspirational If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it. William James philosophicalmotivationleadership If you want a confidence, act as if you already have it. Try the "as if" technique. William James exercisemotivationalpositive We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort. We postpone and postpone until those smiling possibilities are dead... By neglecting the necessary concrete labor, by sparing ourselves the little daily tax, we are positively digging the graves of our higher possibilities. William James diggingeffortlittles If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick. William James failingsickifs Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. William James encouragingpositivelife He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed. William James encouragingencouragementinspirational The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. William James motivationalpositiveinspirational Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. William James sithcirclespeople The strenuous life tastes better William James taste This overcoming of all the usual barriers between the individual and the Absolute is the great mystic achievement. In mystic states we both become one with the Absolute and we become aware of our oneness. This is the everlasting and triumphant mystical tradition, hardly altered by differences of clime or creed. William James onenessachievementdifferences Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain. William James emotionalmayopportunity If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. William James qualityself-esteemleadership Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. William James procrastinationclevermotivational The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old. William James growthmenyears The function of ignoring, of inattention, is as vital a factor in mental progress as the function of attention itself. William James progressmindscience It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. William James motivationalpositiveinspirational Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude. William James marriageloverelationship Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. William James successpositiveinspirational