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Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.

James Allen

To desire is to obtain to aspire is to achieve.
JAMES ALLEN

Desire Inspirational One Liner
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances but are unwilling to improve themselves.
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Deep Improvement Man Willing
If your real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.
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Desire Goodness Moment Reality Yourself
Unrest and pain and sorrow are the shadows of life.
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Deep Life Pain
Aimlessness is a vice, and such drifting must not continue for him who would steer clear of catastrophe and destruction.
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Destruction Himself Vice
Into your hands will be placed the exact results of your own thoughts; you will receive that which you earn; no more, no less.
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Hands Philosophy Result Yourself
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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Enjoyment Growth Heart Music Vision
He who has conquered weakness, and has put away all selfish thoughts, belongs neither to oppressor nor oppressed. He is free.
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Freedom Himself Oppression Weakness
Your circumstances may be uncongenial, but they shall not long remain so if you but perceive an Ideal and strive to reach it.
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Deep Ideas Yourself
Only he whose thoughts are controlled and purified, makes the winds and the storms of the soul obey him.
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Control Power Soul Storm
He no longer acts from self but does what is right – what is universally and eternally right.
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Act Character Right Virtue
Every act of a man springs from the hidden seeds of thought.
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Act Hide Man
Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions.
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Believe Man
The outer world of circumstance shapes itself to the inner world of thought.
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Philosophy World
The calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control.
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Beautiful Mindset Result Wisdom
He must avoid quarreling as he would avoid drinking a deadly poison.
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Avoid Death Poison

Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.

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