Quotes from James Truslow Adams

The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.

The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but freedom from care and worry.

Age acquires no value save through thought and discipline.

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it.

There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

Any astronomer can predict with absolute accuracy just where every star in the universe will be at 11.30 tonight. He can make no such prediction about his teenage daughter.

There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.

We cannot advance without new experiments in living, but no wise man tries every day what he has proved wrong the day before.

Age acquires no value save through thought and discipline

The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but freedom from care and worry