“Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions.”

He that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

The outer world of circumstance shapes itself to the inner world of thought.

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.

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

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.

Cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts.

Mind is the master weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance.

The “divinity that shapes our ends” is in ourselves.

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.

Suffering is always the effect of wrong thought in some direction.

All evil is corrective and remedial and is therefore not permanent.

When a man makes his thoughts pure, he no longer desires impure food.

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.

As the reaper of his own harvest, man learns both of suffering and bliss

They themselves are makers of themselves.

Disease and health, like circumstances, are rooted in thought.

The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.

I never knew anyone, that examined and deliberated about nonsense, who did not believe it before the end of his enquiries.

I don’t believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.

It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

I do believe there are monstrous and evil acts, but I do not believe those who commit such acts are monsters or evil.

You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big and live big.

Sometimes things get worse, before they get better.