Wallace D. Wattles Quotes

Whatever you habitually think yourself to be, that you are. You must form, now, a greater and better habit; you must form a conception of yourself as a being of limitless power, and habitually think that you are that being. It is the habitual, not the periodical thought that decides your destiny.

Gratitude draws the mind into closer touch with the source from which the blessings come.

There is no labor from which most people shrink as they do from that of sustained and consecutive thought; it is the hardest work in the world

If you have not consciously made the decision to be rich, excellent, and healthy, then you have unconsciously made the decision to be poor, mediocre, and unhealthy.

The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.

You can never become a great man or woman until you have overcome anxiety, worry, and fear. It is impossible for an anxious person, a worried one, or a fearful one to perceive truth; all things are distorted and thrown out of their proper relations by such mental states, and those who are in them cannot read the thoughts of God.

By thought, the thing you want is brought to you. By action, you receive it

Begin to do small things in a great way...You must put the whole power of your great soul into every act.

Do all that you can do in a perfect manner every day, but do it without haste, worry or fear. Go as fast as you can , but never hurry.

You must form a clear and definite mental picture of what you want. You cannot transmit an idea unless you have it yourself.

Learn to pay attention to your body with the relaxed attitude of gratitude, trust, curiosity and unconditional love rather than being pushed around by habit, fear, anxiety, social customs, other people's schedules and other people's ideas about what is good for you.

You must get rid of the thought of competition. You are to create, not to compete for what is already created.

THOUGHT is the only power which can produce tangible riches from the Formless Substance.

You are not mentally developed by what you read, but by what you think about what you read.

The Creative Power within us makes us into the image of that to which we give our attention.

Nothing can go wrong in this world but yourself ; and you can go wrong only by getting into the wrong mental attitude.

If you are not happy in your work, you are a slave.

First, you believe that there is one intelligent substance, from which all things proceed. Second, you believe that this substance gives you everything you desire. And third, you relate yourself to it by a feeling of deep and profound gratitude.

Never look at the visible supply; always look at the limitless riches in the formless substance and know that they are coming to you as fast as you can receive and use them.

You already have within you everything you need to turn your dreams into reality.

The grateful mind continually expects good things, and expectation becomes faith.

Do not merely think that you are great; think that you are great now. Do not think that you will begin to act in a great way at some future time; begin now.

Do not wait for a change of environment before you act; get a change of environment by action.

Greatness is attained only by the thinking of great thoughts.

Be as thankful for it all the time as you expect to be when it has taken form.