People who regard themselves as highly efficacious act, think, and feel differently from those who perceive themselves as inefficacious. They produce their own future, rather than simply foretell it.

Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do.

In agentic transactions, people are producers as well as products of social systems.

Moral disengagement does not alter moral standards. It changes how those standards apply to particular conduct and circumstances.

The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons.

-- William James

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

-- William James

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

-- William James

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

-- Marcus Aurelius

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.

-- Steve Jobs

If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito.

-- Anita Roddick