A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.
JAMES ALLENYour circumstances may be uncongenial, but they shall not long remain so if you but perceive an Ideal and strive to reach it.
More James Allen Quotes
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The act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits.
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The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good.
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There is an unavoidable tendency to become literally the embodiment of that quality upon which one most constantly thinks.
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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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Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions.
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Every act of a man springs from the hidden seeds of thought.
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Only he whose thoughts are controlled and purified, makes the winds and the storms of the soul obey him.
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Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow all delightful.
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To desire is to obtain to aspire is to achieve.
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Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.
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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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Disease and health, like circumstances, are rooted in thought.
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Until thought is linked with purpose there is no intelligent accomplishment.
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He that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
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As a man thinketh in his heart, so shall he be.
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