As a man thinketh, so is he, and as a man chooseth, so is he. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
As a man thinketh in his heart, so shall he be. – James Allen
The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities. – James Allen
The Bible says, as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. – Dyan Cannon
In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result. – James Allen
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. – James Allen
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. – James Allen
The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears. It reaches the height of its cherished aspirations. It falls to the level of its unchastened desires – and circumstances are the means by which the soul receives its own. – James Allen
A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which regulates his life. And he adapts his mind to that regulating factor, he ceases to accuse others as the cause of his condition, and builds himself up in strong and noble thoughts; ceases to kick against circumstances, but begins to use them as aids to his more rapid progress, and as a means of the hidden powers and possibilities within himself. – James Allen
The outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state…Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are. – James Allen
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. – James Allen
Cherish your visions. Cherish your ideals. Cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts. For out of them will grow all delightful conditions, all heavenly environment, of these, if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built. – James Allen
Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself. – James Allen
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. – John Ruskin
Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results … We understand this law in the natural world, and work with it; but few understand it in the mental and moral world—although its operation there is just as simple and undeviating— and they, therefore, do not cooperate with it. – James Allen
The dreamers are the saviors of the world. – James Allen
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life. – James Allen
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. – James Allen
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. – James Allen
Suffering is always the effect of wrong thought in some direction. It is an indication that the individual is out of harmony with himself, with the Law of his being. – James Allen
Mind is the master weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance. – James Allen
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. – James Allen
Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions, but when he realizes that he is a creative power, and that he may command the hidden soil and seeds of his being out of which circumstances grow, he then becomes the rightful master of himself. – James Allen
For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? – James Allen
You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration. – James Allen
He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: environment is but his looking glass. – James Allen
He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: environment is but his looking glass. – James Allen
The circumstances which a man encounters with suffering are the result of his own mental inharmony. – James Allen
A particular train of thought persisted in, be it good or bad, cannot fail to produce its results on the character and circumstances. A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances. – James Allen
A noble and God-like character is not a thing of favor or chance, but is the natural result of continued effort in right thinking, the effect of long-cherished association with God-like thoughts. – James Allen
As the physically weak man can make himself strong by careful and patient training, so the man of weak thoughts can make them strong by exercising himself in right thinking. – James Allen
A strong man cannot help a weaker unless the weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition. – James Allen
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set. This is true of earthly as of heavenly things. Even the man whose object is to acquire wealth must be prepared to make great personal sacrifices before he can accomplish his object; and how much more so he who would realize a strong and well-poised life. – James Allen
The outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs. – James Allen
Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit. – James Allen
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. – James Lane Allen
The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears. – James Allen
Thought is the fountain of action, life and manifestation; make the fountain pure, and all will be pure. – James Allen
Act is the blossom of thought; and joy and suffering are its fruits; thus does a man garner in the sweet and biter fruitage of his own husbandry. – James Allen
A man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind. – James Allen
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. – James Allen
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
There can be no progress, no achievement without sacrifice. – James Allen
You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration. – James Lane Allen
A person is limited only by the thoughts that he chooses. – James Allen
Man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild. -James Allen
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. – John Ruskin
Cherish your visions. Cherish your ideals. Cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts. For out of them will grow all delightful conditions, all heavenly environment, of these, if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built. – James Allen
Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself. – James Allen
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life. – James Allen
The outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state…Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are. – James Allen
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. – James Allen
Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results … We understand this law in the natural world, and work with it; but few understand it in the mental and moral world—although its operation there is just as simple and undeviating— and they, therefore, do not cooperate with it. – James Allen
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. – James Allen
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. – James Allen
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. – James Allen
Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions, but when he realizes that he is a creative power, and that he may command the hidden soil and seeds of his being out of which circumstances grow, he then becomes the rightful master of himself. – James Allen
Suffering is always the effect of wrong thought in some direction. It is an indication that the individual is out of harmony with himself, with the Law of his being. – James Allen
For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? – James Allen
Mind is the master weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance. – James Allen
The art of thinking is the greatest art of all, for ‘as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.’ The thinker knows he is today where his thoughts have taken him and that he is building his future by the quality of the thoughts he thinks. – Wilferd Peterson
The Bible places supreme value in the thought life. “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he,” Solomon wrote. Jesus asserted that sin’s gravity lay in the idea itself, not just the act.
“Paul admonished the church at Philippi to have the mind of Christ, and to the same people he wrote, “Whatever is true … pure … if there be any virtue … think on these things.” Thus, the follower of Christ must demonstrate to the world what it is not just to think, but to think justly. – Ravi Zacharias
By consequence, or train of thoughts, I understand that succession of one thought to another which is called, to distinguish it from discourse in words, mental discourse. When a man thinketh on anything whatsoever, his next thought after is not altogether so casual as it seems to be. Not every thought to every thought succeeds indifferently. – Thomas Hobbes
