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17 quotes that will make you happier, healthier, wealthier and wiser in 2014

17 quotes that will make you happier, healthier, wealthier and wiser in 2014

The power of James Allen's 'As a Man Thinketh.'

The following quotes are from James Allen's wonderful "As a Man Thinketh."

[sharequote align="center"]Self-control is strength; Right Thought is mastery; Calmness is power.[/sharequote]

1. A noble and Godlike 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 Godlike thoughts. An ignoble and bestial character, by the same process, is the result of the continued harboring of groveling thoughts.

[sharequote align="center"]Man is the master of thought...molder of character, and maker and shaper of condition...and destiny.[/sharequote]

2. Of all the beautiful truths pertaining to the soul which have been restored and brought to light in this age, none is more gladdening or fruitful of divine promise and confidence than this - that man is the master of thought, the molder of character, and maker and shaper of condition, environment, and destiny.

3. Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions. But when he realizes 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.

4. Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves. They therefore remain bound.

[sharequote align="center"]Bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results[/sharequote]

5. The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set.

6. Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results. Bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results. This is but saying that nothing can come from corn but corn, nothing from nettles but nettles. Men understand this law in the natural world, and work with it. But few understand it in the mental and moral world (though its operation there is just as simple and undeviating), and they, therefore, do not cooperate with it.

7. A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.

[sharequote align="center"]Man has but to right himself to find that the universe is right[/sharequote]

8. As you cannot have a sweet and wholesome abode unless you admit the air and sunshine freely into your rooms, so a strong body and a bright, happy, or serene countenance can only result from the free admittance into the mind of thoughts of joy and good will and serenity.

9. Law, not confusion, is the dominating principle in the universe. Justice, not injustice, is the soul and substance of life. And righteousness, not corruption, is the molding and moving force in the spiritual government of the world. This being so, man has but to right himself to find that the universe is right; and during the process of putting himself right, he will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter toward him.

10. There is no physician like cheerful thought for dissipating the ills of the body; there is no comforter to compare with good will for dispersing the shadows of grief and sorrow. To live continually in thoughts of ill will, cynicism, suspicion, and envy, is to be confined in a self-made prison hole. But to think well of all, to be cheerful with all, to patiently learn to find the good in all - such unselfish thoughts are the very portals of heaven; and to dwell day to day in thoughts of peace toward every creature will bring abounding peace to their possessor.

[sharequote align="center"]Cherish your visions. Cherish your ideals. Cherish the music that stirs in your heart[/sharequote]

11. A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out to accomplish it...He should make this purpose his supreme duty, and should devote himself to its attainment...This is the royal road to self-control and true concentration of thought. Even if he fails again and again to accomplish his purpose (as he necessarily must until weakness is overcome), the strength of character gained will be the measure of his true success, and this will form a new starting point for future power and triumph.

12. 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.

[sharequote align="center"]The vision...you glorify in your mind, the Ideal that you enthrone in your heart...you will become[/sharequote]

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

14. In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result. Chance is not.

15. "Gifts," powers, material, intellectual, and spiritual possessions are the fruits of effort. They are thoughts completed, objects accomplished, visions realized.

[sharequote align="center"]The strength of the effort is the measure of the result. Chance is not.[/sharequote]

16. 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.

17. Self-control is strength; Right Thought is mastery; Calmness is power. Say unto your heart, "Peace, be still!"

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