James Allen Quotes
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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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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Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.
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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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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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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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To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve.
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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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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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For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
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Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.
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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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You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.
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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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The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.
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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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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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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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Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.
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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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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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Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
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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.
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It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel.
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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.