Quote by William James
There is but one cause of human failure. And that is mans lack of

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is mans lack of faith in his true Self. – William James

Other quotes by William James

As a rule reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a target by hurling feathers at it. I need resistance to celebrate! – William James

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Books
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It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. – William James

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Attitude
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Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought. – William James

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Language
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Failure
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The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more. – Alan Hansen

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Failure

We need to teach the highly educated man that it is not a disgrace to fail and that he must analyze every failure to find its cause. He must learn how to fail intelligently, for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world. – Charles Kettering

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Failure

But whatever my failure, I have this thing to remember – that I was a pioneer in my profession, just as my grandfathers were in theirs, in that I was the first man in this section to earn his living as a writer. – Robert E. Howard

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Failure

Ive had great success and Ive had catastrophic failure. Its really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think. – Peter Berg

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Failure

Random Quotes

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Time

There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation. – Walter Lippmann

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Knowledge

Change before you have to. – Jack Welch

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Change

I think Ive spent so much time playing characters that are so far away from me and learning how to technically build and how to technically put something on top of you. – Josh Lucas

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Learning