William James Quotes

I am done with great things and big things, great institutions and big success, and I am for those tiny, invisible molecular moral forces that work from individual to individual, creeping through the crannies of the world like so many rootlets, or like the capillary oozing of water, yet which if you give them time, will rend the hardest monuments of man's pride.

William James

Quotes to Explore

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

Napoleon Hill
- Men
- Business
- Failure
The name of the game is to keep from pushing the accelerator pedal so hard that we speed up the aging process. The average American, however, by living a fast and furious lifestyle, pushes that accelerator too hard and too much.

Dan Buettner
- Up
- American
- Game
Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.

Abu Bakr
- Anger
- Greed
- Follow
The effect of sanctions on the Russian economy are clear to everybody, first to the Russians and to the Russian leadership, and the surroundings of the Russian leadership, the circle that is close to the Russian political leadership.

Federica Mogherini
- Political
- Leadership
The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.

Gavin Rossdale Bush
- Myself
- Understand
- Talk
Leeks, like other oniony things, reach a certain peak when fried. It's the subtle sweetness that suddenly becomes evident and works so well with their creamy texture.

Yotam Ottolenghi
- Reach
- Sweetness
- Peak