“A man is literally what he thinks”
“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.”
“To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve.”
“Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.”
“The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do.”
“Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.”
“Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.”
“It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel.”
“You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration.”
“For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?”
“All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.”
“A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.”
“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.”
“Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.”
“No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it”
“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.”
“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.”
“Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.”
“In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of effort is the measure of the results.”
“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.”
“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.”
“He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you 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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”