James Allen Quotes

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

A person is limited only by the thoughts that he chooses.

Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.

The vision that you glorify in your mind, the Ideal that you enthrone in your heart - this you will build your life by, this you will become.

They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.

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.

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

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.

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.

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.

The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.

The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears.

Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind.

The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

Mind is the master weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance.

Do not dwell upon the sins and mistakes of yesterday so exclusively as to have no energy and mind left for living rightly today, and do not think that the sins of yesterday can prevent you from living purely today.

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

Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.

Thought is the fountain of action, life and manifestation; make the fountain pure, and all will be pure.

No man is hindered by another; he is only hindered by himself. No man suffers because of another; he suffers only because of himself.

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.

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 all delightful conditions, all heavenly environment, of these, if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.