James Allen Quotes
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He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.
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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.
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Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.
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You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.
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Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.
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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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No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it.
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Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
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Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that is not beautiful and softened by the spell of thy presence.
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To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve.
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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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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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Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.
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As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed and bloomed.
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For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
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The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth.
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The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a farmer who, having sown tares, asks God to bring forth for him a harvest of wheat.
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A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
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It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel.
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Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.
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Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
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The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
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Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
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When mental energy is allowed to follow the line of least resistance and to fall into easy channels, it is called weakness.