Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.
JAMES ALLEN
JAMES ALLEN
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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.
James AllenJames Allen Cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts.
James AllenJames Allen Mind is the master weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance.
James AllenJames Allen The “divinity that shapes our ends” is in ourselves.
James AllenJames Allen 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.
James AllenJames Allen Suffering is always the effect of wrong thought in some direction.
James AllenJames Allen All evil is corrective and remedial and is therefore not permanent.
James AllenJames Allen When a man makes his thoughts pure, he no longer desires impure food.
James AllenJames Allen 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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This world is like a mountain. Your echo depends on you. If you scream good things, the world will give it back. If you scream bad things, the world will give it back. Even if someone says badly about you, speak well about him. Change your heart to change the world.
Shams TabriziShams Tabrizi The more true to ourselves we are, the more we gravitate and attract all the things that represent us. Therefore, the more we are alive.
Nansia MovidiNansia Movidi There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
LivyLivy Florida wants to change the state’s motto to attract younger people. They’re thinking about: More than just a great place to die.
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Serena WilliamsSerena Williams People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.
Blaise PascalBlaise Pascal I’m very attracted to a girl’s eyes. I think you can tell a lot by a girl’s eyes
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