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Men are anxious to improve their circumstances but are unwilling to improve themselves.

James Allen

No man is hindered by another; he is only hindered by himself. No man suffers because of another; he suffers only because of himself.
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Himself Hurt Man Philosophy Suffering
The price of life is effort; the acme of effort is an accomplishment; the reward of accomplishment is joy.
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Accomplishment Effort Joy Life Reward
Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results.
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Action Goodness Result Thoughts
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.
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Character Fate Person Strength True Willing
Self-control is strength, Right Thought is mastery, Calmness is power. Say unto your heart, Peace, be still.
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Control Heart Peace Power
To desire is to obtain to aspire is to achieve.
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Desire Inspirational One Liner
He is poor who is dissatisfied; he is rich who is contented with what he has, and he is richer who is generous with what he has.
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Character Generous Poor Satisfaction
Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice, he ascends.
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Choice Himself Man Right
When a man makes his thoughts pure, he no longer desires impure food.
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Desire Food Man
One man is an oppressor because many are slaves; let us despise the slaves.
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Man Oppression Slave
All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.
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Action Failure Man Result
They themselves are makers of themselves.
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Destiny Inspirational Success Yourself
Mind is the master weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance.
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Character Destiny Mind
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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Future Man Mindset Run Wild
The human will, that force unseen, The offspring of a deathless soul, Can hew a way to any goal, Though walls of granite intervene.
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Death Human Inspirational Soul Willing
Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.
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Character Fate

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