James Allen Quotes

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James Allen

Profession : Author

Birth : November 28, 1864

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.

James Allen

The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a farmer who, having sown tares, asks God to bring forth for him a harvest of wheat.

James Allen

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.

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

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

James Allen

The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do.

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

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

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

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

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

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

You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.

James Allen

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

James Allen

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

James Allen

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

Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.

James Allen

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

James Allen

They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.

James Allen

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

James Allen