Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.
JAMES ALLENAimlessness is a vice, and such drifting must not continue for him who would steer clear of catastrophe and destruction.
More James Allen Quotes
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For you will always gravitate toward that which you, secretly, most love.
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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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He is poor who is dissatisfied; he is rich who is contented with what he has, and he is richer who is generous with what he has.
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All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.
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A man’s worldly success will be in the measure that he sacrifices his confused animal thoughts.
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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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As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.
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The human will, that force unseen, The offspring of a deathless soul, Can hew a way to any goal, Though walls of granite intervene.
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A man can only rise, conquer, and achieve by lifting up his thoughts.
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The sole and supreme use of suffering is to purify, to burn out all that is useless and impure.
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As the reaper of his own harvest, man learns both of suffering and bliss
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For weakness cannot persist in a power-evolving universe.
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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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Man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild.
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Suffering is always the effect of wrong thoughts in some direction. It is an indication that the individual is out of harmony with himself, with the Law of his being.
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