Not what he wishes and prays for does a man get, but what he justly earns. His wishes and prayers are only gratified and answered when they harmonize with his thoughts and actions.
JAMES ALLENAs he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.
More James Allen Quotes
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One man is an oppressor because many are slaves; let us despise the slaves.
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As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
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The lazy man does the hardest work.
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Suffering is always the effect of wrong thought in some direction.
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The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. The calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
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Circumstances do not shape us so much as they reveal us.
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A man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth.
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You cannot travel within and stand still without.
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Self-seeking is self-destruction.
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The body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or automatically expressed.
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Unrest and pain and sorrow are the shadows of life.
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He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: Environment is but his looking glass.
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So you will be what you will to be.
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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.
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The “divinity that shapes our ends” is in ourselves.
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