With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.

William James
Some Similar Quotes
  1. Even if things aren't going the way we want right now, we will always get through it. - Stacey T. Hunt

  2. Jesus Christ is the source–the only source–of meaning in life. He provides the only satisfactory explanation for why we’re here and where we’re going. Because of this good news, the final heartbeat for the Christian is not the mysterious conclusion to a meaningless existence. It... - James C. Dobson

  3. Success involves going to where others believe is too far. - Jeffrey Fry

  4. Listen to the sadness, the echoes in my mind, the place where I usually hide, but now I cannot find. Why had it happened? What had I done? Where was I going? Now I'm on the run. Hiding from the echoes, the pounding in my... - Anthony T. Hincks

  5. We can reach the goal but it is going to take an incredible amount of time and effort - Sunday Adelaja

More Quotes By William James
  1. The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.

  2. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

  3. A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

  4. Pragmatism asks its usual question. "Grant an idea or belief to be true, " it says, "what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone's actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if...

  5. See the exquisite contrast of the types of mind! The pragmatist clings to facts and concreteness, observes truth at its work in particular cases, and generalises. Truth, for him, becomes a class-name for all sorts of definite working-values in experience. For the rationalist it remains...

Related Topics