Wallace D. Wattles Quotes - Page 4

The power which is in you, is in the things around you, and when you begin to move forward by faith, the things will arrange themselves for your advantage.

Because all things are necessary to man's complete unfoldment, all things in human life are the work of God.

Read only the most optimistic comments on the world's news; those in harmony with your picture.

Abandon everything you have outgrown.

WISDOM IS dependent upon knowledge. Where there is complete ignorance there can be no wisdom, no knowledge of the right thing to do. Man’s knowledge is comparatively limited and so his wisdom must be small, unless he can connect his mind with a knowledge greater than his own and draw from it, by inspiration, the wisdom that his own limitations deny him. Only God knows all truth; therefore only God can have Real wisdom or know the right thing to do at all times, and man can receive wisdom from God. Wisdom is obtained by reading the mind of God.

You must learn to see men and women...as perfect beings advancing to become complete.

Cast out envy; you can have all that you want, and you need not envy any man what he has. Above all things, see to it that you do not hold malice or enmity toward any one; to do so cuts you off from the mind whose treasures you seek to make your own. Lay aside all narrow personal ambition and determine to seek the highest good.

You are a god in the company of gods and must conduct yourself accordingly.

There is a genius in every man and woman, waiting to be brought forth.

There is no hurry. There is only God, and all is well with the world.

Your first duty to God, to yourself, and to the world is to make yourself as great a personality, in every way, as you possibly can.

Doing what you want to do is life.

No matter whether you are a physician, a teacher, or a clergyman, if you can give increase of life to others and make them sensible of that fact, they will be attracted to you, and you will get rich.

The purpose of life for man is growth, just as the purpose of life for trees and plants is growth. Trees and plants grow automatically and along fixed lines; man can grow as he will. Trees and plants can only develop certain possibilities and characteristics; man can develop any power which is or has been shown by any person anywhere. Nothing that is possible in spirit is impossible in flesh and blood. Nothing that man can think is impossible. Nothing that man can imagine is impossible of realization.

If you will make the necessary effort you can develop any talent.

Genius is the union of man and God in the acts of the soul. Great men are always greater than their deeds. They are in connection with a reserve power that is without limit.

The law of gratitude is the natural principle that action and reaction are always equal and in opposite directions.

A person can form things in his thought, and, by impressing his thought upon formless substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created.

There is an inflow of vital power, which is received by all living organisms during sleep ..... this vital energy is the only power by which the body may be healed, repaired, renewed or maintained

Set your ideal as near to perfection as your imagination is capable of forming the conception.

Man's right to life means his right to have the free and unrestricted use of all the things which may be necessary to his fullest mental, spiritual, and physical unfoldment or, in other words, his right to be rich.

The world needs demonstration more than it needs teaching.

Getting rich isn't about doing certain things. It's about doing things in the certain way!

The exercise of gratitude will never fail to strengthen your faith and renew your purpose.

There is a science of getting rich, and it is an exact science, like algebra or arithmetic. There are certain laws which govern the process of acquiring riches, and once these laws are learned and obeyed by anyone, that person will get rich with mathematical certainty.