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Quote of William James - It is only by risking our...


Biography - William James:

American philosopher and psychologist.
Born: 1842 - Died: 1910
Place of birth: United States
United States

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.



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They succeed, because they think they can.

So that the possible emerges, the impossible must be tried again and again.

Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.

They did not know it was impossible so they did it.

It always seems impossible until its done.

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.




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Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.





An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.





Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.





My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will.












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