black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

There is an unavoidable tendency to become literally the embodiment of that quality upon which one most constantly thinks.

James Allen

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

Deep Himself Man Philosophy
Let a man radically alter his thoughts, and he will be astonished at the rapid transformation it will effect in the material conditions of his life.
JAMES ALLEN

Life Man Material Transformation
Your circumstances may be uncongenial, but they shall not long remain so if you but perceive an Ideal and strive to reach it.
JAMES ALLEN

Deep Ideas Yourself
For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
JAMES ALLEN

Inspirational Success True Yourself
Men imagine that thought can be kept secret, but it cannot; it rapidly crystallizes into habit, and habit solidifies into circumstance.
JAMES ALLEN

Deep Habit Hide Imagination Man Secret
The act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits.
JAMES ALLEN

Act Joy Result Suffering
Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions.
JAMES ALLEN

Believe Man
The price of life is effort; the acme of effort is an accomplishment; the reward of accomplishment is joy.
JAMES ALLEN

Accomplishment Effort Joy Life Reward
For you will always gravitate toward that which you, secretly, most love.
JAMES ALLEN

Deep Love Secret Yourself
Circumstances do not shape us so much as they reveal us.
JAMES ALLEN

Action Character Fate
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.
JAMES ALLEN

Character Fate Person Strength True Willing
The “divinity that shapes our ends” is in ourselves.
JAMES ALLEN

Divine End Ourselves
One man is an oppressor because many are slaves; let us despise the slaves.
JAMES ALLEN

Man Oppression Slave
They themselves are makers of themselves.
JAMES ALLEN

Destiny Inspirational Success Yourself
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.
JAMES ALLEN

Desire Goodness Moment Reality Yourself
Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results.
JAMES ALLEN

Action Goodness Result Thoughts

There is an unavoidable tendency to become literally the embodiment of that quality upon which one most constantly thinks.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

There is an unavoidable tendency to become literally the embodiment of that quality upon which one most constantly thinks.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More James Allen Quotes