James Allen

(406 votes)   Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow delightful conditions, all heavenly environment; of these if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.

James Allen
1864-1912, British-born American Essayist, Author of ''As a Man Thinketh''

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(167 votes)   He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and impure streams of thought; and as a wise householder commands his servants and invites his guests, so must he learn to command his desires and to say, with authority, what thoughts he shall admit into the mansion of his soul.

James Allen
1864-1912, British-born American Essayist, Author of ''As a Man Thinketh''

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(163 votes)   Mind is the Master--power that molds and makes, and Man is Mind, and ever more he takes the Tool of Thought, and shaping what he wills, brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills--He thinks in secret and it comes to pass; Environment is but his looking-glass.

James Allen
1864-1912, British-born American Essayist, Author of ''As a Man Thinketh''

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(157 votes)   A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out to accomplish it. He should make this purpose the centralizing point of his thoughts. It may take the form of a spiritual ideal, or it may be a worldly object, according to his nature at the time being; but whichever it is, he should steadily focus his thought forces upon the object which he has set before him. He should make this purpose his supreme duty, and should devote himself to its attainment, not allowing his thoughts to wander away into ephemeral fancies, longings, and imaginings. This is the royal road to self-control and true concentration of thought. Even if he fails again and again to accomplish his purpose (as he necessarily must until weakness is overcome), the strength of character gained will be the measure of his true success, and this will form a new starting point for future power and triumph.

James Allen
1864-1912, British-born American Essayist, Author of ''As a Man Thinketh''

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(137 votes)   To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment; who make all conditions serve them, and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish masterfully.

James Allen
1864-1912, British-born American Essayist, Author of ''As a Man Thinketh''

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(90 votes)   If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.

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(87 votes)   In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.

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(85 votes)   Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

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(85 votes)   No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

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(85 votes)   The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.

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(83 votes)   Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

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(81 votes)   A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

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(81 votes)   A man is literally what he thinks.

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(73 votes)   A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings.

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(62 votes)   A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.

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