A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.
JAMES ALLENYou will fall, remain, or rise with your thoughts, your Vision, your Ideal.
More James Allen Quotes
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Men are anxious to improve their circumstances but are unwilling to improve themselves.
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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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The dreamers are the saviors of the world.
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A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.
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They who have no central purpose in their life fall easy prey to petty worries, fears, troubles, and self-pityings.
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One man is an oppressor because many are slaves; let us despise the slaves.
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All evil is corrective and remedial and is therefore not permanent.
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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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As a man thinketh in his heart, so shall he be.
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Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.
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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 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.
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Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they, therefore, remain bound.
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He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: Environment is but his looking glass.
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For you will always gravitate toward that which you, secretly, most love.
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