The best Quotes by William James

The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour.

Alcohol

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.

Training

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

Praying

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.

Life

I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.

Music

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

Intelligence

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

Life

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

Change

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Thanks New Hampshire...
You're the reason 49 other states have to buy signs saying "Buckle up, its the State Law".

New Hampshire

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to New Hampshire - and that's pretty much the same thing.

New Hampshire

It is not the strong or the smart that survive, but the ones who can bring about change.

Celestia Ludenberg in Danganronpa

Change

If you don't change with the times, the times are going to change you.

Marv Levy

Change

Simba: "Looks like the winds are changing."
Rafiki: "Change is good."
Simba: "Yeah, but it's not easy."

Simba in The Lion King

Change

Darlin', "forever" is a long, long time and time has a way of changin' things.

Big Mama in The Fox and the Hound

Time Change

Sometimes you must hurt in order to know, fall in order to grow, lose in order to gain. Because life's greatest lessons are learned through pain.

Pain / Nagato in Naruto

Life Pain Hurting Falling down

The world will break your heart ten ways to Sunday. That's guaranteed.

Pat in Silver Linings

Life Breakup

Death is Peaceful, Life is Harder.

Stephenie Meyer in Twilight

Life Death Suicide

Well you can't never let anything happen to him. Then nothing would ever happen to him!

Dory in Finding Nemo

Life Risk Safety

What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea! Resilient, highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate.

Cobb in Inception

Thoughts

An idea is like a virus, resilient, highly contagious. The smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you.

Cobb in Inception

Thoughts Viruses

Change and stress can make people feel powerless.

Ayaz Kobanbay in Into the Night

Stress

The ability to remain calm and focused in stressful situations is central to making positive decisions.

Goldie Hawn

Stress

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

Life Optimism Dancing Rain Positive Quotes

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Winston Churchill

Optimism Pessimism

Things are never so bad they can't be made worse.

Humphrey Bogart

Pessimism

I've never seen a monument erected to a pessimist.

Paul Harvey

Pessimism

Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.

Ginny Weasley in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Courage Motivation

To me, the very definition of the word "broken" suggests that something can be fixed.

Elijah Mikaelson in The Originals - Season 1 Episode 8

Breakup Beginning Motivation

To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems!

Homer Simpson in The Simpsons - Season 8 Episode 18

Alcohol Toasts

Everything's better with some wine in the belly.

Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones - Season 1 Episode 2

Alcohol Wine

I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."

Muhammad Ali

Ambition Training

If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.

Herschel Walker

Training

We cannot pray and remain the same.

Ruth Graham

Praying Day of Repentance and Prayer

But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Matthew - 6, 6

Praying

Songs are as sad as the listener.

Jonathan Safran Foer in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Music Sad Quotes

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

Bob Marley

Music

A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.

Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones - Season 1 Episode 2

Books Mind & Apprehension Intelligence

Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.

Natalie Portman

Intelligence Men & Women Singles & Dating

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

Deadpool

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