William James Quotes

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.

I think the whole of people's psychology and where they are in life interests me, and the decisions you make that take you on particular journeys to different places.

We're all reflections of the lives we lead.

It's pathetic to have regrets about fashion. Things to do with my life, yes, I have regrets there.

I don't think one moment in somebody's life is going to define them.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

Knowing what I know now and what I have been through, would I do it the same? I look at the alternative - a very simple life. It would have been nice to have a simple life.

If I had to do it over, I wouldn't change a thing.

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

Everyone has their own different life experiences which make them who they are. No two people's life experiences are the same. And mine are just unique to me.

The lessons of their early youth regulated the conduct of their riper years.

I'm not perfect. This is how I was raised. If I wasn't in the industry, I'd be the same person.

To me, people's lives and loves are entwined with their characters, natures and circumstances. I regard all general advice with skepticism.

We learn our belief systems as very little children, and then we move through life creating experiences to match our beliefs. Look back in your own life and notice how often you have gone through the same experience.

When you're in your early 20s, you go ahead and do everything. And it's very hard to judge yourself.

Everything I did and continue to do happens for a reason, and honestly, I don't regret much in my life.

The old man, of whom we know how he has become what he is, is more of an individual than the young man; for it is only in the course of an eventful life that men are differentiated into full individuality.

I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a thousand miles in search of themes for moralizing.

Yeah, I've had an odd youth, But I wouldn't know the difference if I'd lived it any other way. And I wouldn't change any of it because I quite like what I'm doing.

You learn from things that you experience in life. I'd never want to say that I regret anything or that anything was a mistake. Honestly, that isn't how I have chosen to live my life.

I think everything I have done in my life, my reasons at the time were right no matter how things worked out.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

I like the way my life has taken me.