More quotes by William James

"Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results."
"Belief creates the actual fact."
"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook."
"If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience."
"It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all."