Quotes of William James

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- William James

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“ The human tendency is to resemble or imitate those we admire; the common result is the delusion, that to emulate another’s personality creates a pseudo persona, measurably dissimilar from our own. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not. ”

- Andre Gide

“ Your heart is a powerful force. Use it consciously. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise on your lips. ”

- Kahlil Gibran

“ Music is love, love is music, music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night. ”

- A. J. McLean

“ I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.. ”

- Thoreau

“ As powerful as your genetic combination is in determining the outcome of your life, your decisions are more powerful. You will ultimately look like your decisions. ”

- Kingsley Opuwari Manuel

“ The desires of man are frequently more influential than their rational thought. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ Sometimes when I'm alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the boy with the bread, the strong arms that warded off nightmares on the train, the kisses in the arena. ”

- Suzanne Collins

“ I have come from the End of the World. From the River of Dreams, through the gauntlet and the Briar and the Deep Wyld, in order to stand before you today. I have but one request—to take my place at your side. To resume my duty as your knight, and to protect you and your kingdom for as long as I draw breath. ”

- Julie Kagawa

“ Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you. ”

- Annie Dillard

“ A lack of clarity could put the brakes on any journey to success. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Do it big, do it right, and do it with style. ”

- Fried Astaire

“ The sun shall always rise upon a new day and there shall always be a rose garden within me. Yes, there is a part of me that is broken, but my broken soil gives way to my wild roses. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire, the size of your dream and how you handle disappointment along the way. ”

- Robert Kiyosaki

“ Love isn't a feeling or emotion that changes timely, it's everlasting... ”

- Gandhi

“ It’s time to care; it’s time to take responsibility; it’s time to lead; it’s time for a change; it’s time to be true to our greatest self; it’s time to stop blaming others. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Until you step into the unknown, you don’t know what you’re made of. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ A heart, once stolen, can never be taken back. ”

- Marissa Meyer

“ There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge. ”

- Banksy

“ I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ An early. morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ Time is persistent, and we need to make the best of it. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ It was like I’d met my life’s purpose. Like I’d been hurtling through the cosmos, blind, and without a destiny and he gave me one. He was fated to be the man who would break my heart at last. The heart I’d kept under scrutiny, sheltered, for this long, he tore through the heavy vaults and ripped it right out of my chest. From then on, there was no me, and no him. There was only us. ”

- Ellie Fox