James Allen

“Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.”

“A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild.”

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

“All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.”

“The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do.”

“A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.”

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

“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become.”

“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.”

“The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state.”

“As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.”

“He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.”