Here are the best quotes from James Allen, a British writer and philosopher known for his inspirational and poetry books, and considered one of the initiators of the self-help movement.
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1-As he thinks, it is; as he continues to think, so he remains.
2-A person is only limited by the thoughts he chooses.
3-Whether you are a man or a woman, you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the highest quality of the mind along with honor.
4-You are today where your thoughts have brought you, you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.
5-The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream.
6-The circumstances do not make the man; reveals himself.
7-Desiring is obtaining, aspiring is achieving.
8-Whoever wants to achieve little must sacrifice little; whoever wants to achieve much must sacrifice much.
9-Actions are the sprouts of thought and joy and suffering are its fruits.
10-The world is put aside for the man who knows where he is going.
11-Dreamers are the saviors of the world.
12-Fixed purposes are the root of all successful efforts.
13-Everything that a man achieves and everything in which he fails, is the direct result of his own thoughts.
14-There can be no progress or achievements without sacrifices.
15-Dream noble dreams and as you dream, this is how you will become.
16-A man is literally what he thinks.
17-Those who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.
18-The body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they are deliberately chosen or expressed automatically.
19-A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and indirectly, surely, form his circumstances.
20-The external conditions of a person's life are always related to the internal state. People don't attract what they want, but what they are.
21-A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
22-Self-control is strength. Right thinking is mastery. Calm is power.
23-The mind of man can be compared to a garden, which can be intelligently cultivated or left to grow wildly.
24-Men are eager to improve their circumstances, but they are not willing to improve themselves.
25-A man is literally what he thinks, his character is the sum total of his thoughts.
26-Thought is the source of action, life and manifestation; build a pure source and everything will be pure.
27-Begin to think with purpose is to enter the ranks of those strong who only recognize failure as one of the routes to achievement.
28-Work with joy and peace, knowing that correct thoughts and correct efforts will inevitably bring correct results.
29-A man remains ignorant because he loves ignorance, and chooses ignorant thoughts; a man becomes wise because he loves wisdom and chooses wise thoughts.
30-A person is only limited by the thoughts he chooses.
31-The calmer a man becomes, the greater his success, his influence, his power to do good. Peace of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
32-As a man thinks in his heart, so it must be.
33-The mere fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot.
34-Suffering is always the effect of wrong thinking in some direction. It is an indication that the individual is not in harmony with himself.
35-Our life is what our thoughts do. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter toward him.
36-No man is hampered by another; it is only hampered by itself. No man suffers because of another; he suffers only for himself.
37-The man who thinks hateful thoughts brings hatred to himself. The man who thinks thoughts of love is loved.
38-But those whose hearts are centered on the supreme love do not label or classify others; they do not seek to make them think like them or try to convince them of their own ideas. These types of people, knowing the law of love, live in it and maintain a serene mental attitude and a sweetness of heart towards everyone else. The corrupt and the virtuous, the foolish and the wise, the enlightened and the ignorant, the selfish and the generous, all receive the blessing of his gentle thoughts alike.
39-Only the wise man, only the one whose thoughts are controlled and unified, makes the winds and storms of the spirit obey him.
40-You will become someone as small as the desire that controls you, and something as big as your dominant aspiration.
41-In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.
42-Your circumstances may not be to your liking, but they should not remain the same if you conceive an ideal and fight to achieve it.