James Allen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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