Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.
JAMES ALLENHe must avoid quarreling as he would avoid drinking a deadly poison.
More James Allen Quotes
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Self-control is strength, Right Thought is mastery, Calmness is power. Say unto your heart, Peace, be still.
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As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
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He that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
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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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They themselves are makers of themselves.
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He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure.
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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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The act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits.
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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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Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions.
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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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The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set.
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What you are, so is your world.
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So you will be what you will to be.
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A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
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He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: the environment is but a looking glass.
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Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that the right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about the right results.
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The Vision that you glorify in your mind, the Ideal that you enthrone in your heart – this you will build your life by, this you will become.
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Aimlessness is a vice, and such drifting must not continue for him who would steer clear of catastrophe and destruction.
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He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: Environment is but his looking glass.
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For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
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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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As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.
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Circumstances do not shape us so much as they reveal us.
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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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The circumstances which a man encounters with suffering are the result of his own mental inharmony.
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