James Allen on action
James Allen102 quotes“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.”
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All that man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.
James AllenJames Allen The human will, that force unseen, The offspring of a deathless soul, Can hew a way to any goal, Though walls of granite intervene.
James AllenJames Allen The body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or automatically expressed.
James AllenJames Allen The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears.
James AllenJames Allen He must avoid quarreling as he would avoid drinking a deadly poison.
James AllenJames Allen Suffering is always the effect of wrong thoughts in some direction. It is an indication that the individual is out of harmony with himself, with the Law of his being.
James AllenJames Allen Every act of a man springs from the hidden seeds of thought.
James AllenJames Allen For weakness cannot persist in a power-evolving universe.
James AllenJames Allen A man can only rise, conquer, and achieve by lifting up his thoughts.
James AllenJames Allen Only he whose thoughts are controlled and purified, makes the winds and the storms of the soul obey him.
James AllenJames Allen A person is limited only by the thoughts that he chooses.
James AllenJames Allen He that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
James AllenJames Allen The outer world of circumstance shapes itself to the inner world of thought.
James AllenJames Allen The truly self-possessed, however, are free from the whims of fate and chance. Calmly, they affect their will, and with strength of character and purity of intention, they attract to their person solely positive outcomes.
James AllenJames Allen Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.
James AllenJames Allen 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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One of the most powerful networking practices is to provide immediate value to a new connection. This means the moment you identify a way to help someone, take action.
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