James Allen Quotes

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

Life, Soul, Director

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.
James Allen

Inspirational, Truth, Him

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

Dreams, Time, Greatest

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

Sacrifice, Achieve, Accomplish

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

Character, Law, Destiny

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

Men, Themselves, Remain

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

Happiness, Health, Happy

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 Allen

Dreams, Become, Dream

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.
James Allen

Love, Power, Made

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
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

Success, Good, Power

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

Yourself, Single, Purpose

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

Strength, Human, Effort

They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.
James Allen

Failure, Fear, Doubt

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.
James Allen

Life, Him, Thoughts

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.
James Allen

Good, Money, Real

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

Good, Bad, Thoughts

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.
James Allen

Failure, Strong, Purpose

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

Today, Tomorrow, Thoughts

Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that is not beautiful and softened by the spell of thy presence.
James Allen

Beautiful, Nothing, Within

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

Life, Thoughts, Fail

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.
James Allen

Truth, Made, Cannot

A man is literally what he thinks.
James Allen

Thinks, Literally

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

Fact, Deserve, Shows

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
James Allen

Thankful, Duty, Thanks

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Author

Born: 1864

Died: 1912

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