James Allen Quotes

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

Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.

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.

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

In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.

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.

They who have no central purpose in their life fall an easy prey to petty worries, fears, troubles, and self-pitying, all of which are indications of weakness, which lead, just as surely as deliberately planned sins (though by a different route), to failure, unhappiness, and loss, for weakness cannot persist in a power evolving universe.

Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards 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.

Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought.

Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.

The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a farmer who, having sown tares, asks God to bring forth for him a harvest of wheat.

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.

Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied.

A man remains ignorant because he loves ignorance, and chooses ignorant thoughts; a man becomes wise because he loves wisdom and chooses wise thoughts.

They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.

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

All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts

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

A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings.

Jesus brooded upon the Divine imminence until at last he could declare, 'I and my Father are One.'

Cease to be a disobedient child in the school of experience, and begin to learn, with humility and patience, the lessons that are set for your ultimate perfection.

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

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.

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

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.

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

When mental energy is allowed to follow the line of least resistance and to fall into easy channels, it is called weakness.

The very fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot.

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

A man is literally what he thinks.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.

Mind is the Master/power that molds and makes, and Man is Mind, and ever more he takes the Tool of Thought, and shaping what he wills, brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills/He thinks in secret and it comes to pass; Environment is but his looking-glass.

We do not attract what we want, But what we are.

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.

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

Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember only that you are seeking the Truth.

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

He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it.

The dreamers are the saviors of the world.