Quotes
Quotes - James
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
A free man is as jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.
Cats and monkeysâmonkeys and catsâall human life is there.
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.
It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.
For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.
It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.
It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At. moments of trial refinement is a feeble reed to lean upon.
Stop worryingânobody gets out of this world alive.
We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them gratified.
Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power.
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.
They say that the best defense is offense, and I intend to start offending right now.
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.
It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At. moments of trial refinement is a feeble reed to lean upon.
Stop worryingânobody gets out of this world alive.
If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.
Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.
