Quotes By James Allen

To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve.

The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.

You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.

Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it.

The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.

All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.

As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed and bloomed.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth.

A man is literally what he thinks.

It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel.

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do.

They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.

If you 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.