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As a man thinketh in his heart, so shall he be.

James Allen

Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.
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Character Fate
A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.
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Deep Direction Man
Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.
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Attraction Man Philosophy
A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.
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Character Himself Man Thinking
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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Accomplishment Failure Heart Man
As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
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Heart Man One Liner Thinking
A person is limited only by the thoughts that he chooses.
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Choice Himself Inspiration Limitation Person
Circumstances do not shape us so much as they reveal us.
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Action Character Fate
He must avoid quarreling as he would avoid drinking a deadly poison.
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Avoid Death Poison
Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bad fruit.
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Goodness Spiritual
The “divinity that shapes our ends” is in ourselves.
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Divine End Ourselves
You will be what you will to be.
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One Liner Yourself
Doubt and fear are the great enemies of knowledge, and he who encourages them, who does not slay them, thwarts himself at every step.
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Doubt Enemy Fear Himself Knowledge
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
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
All that man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.
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Achievement Failure Man Result

As a man thinketh in his heart, so shall he be.

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