James Allen

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.

Thought is the fountain of action, life and manifestation; make the fountain pure, and all will be pure.

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.

A man is literally what he thinks.

Cherish your visions. Cherish your ideals.

Nature gives all, without reservation, and loses nothing; man or woman, grasping all, loses everything.

A particular train of thought persisted in, be it good or bad, cannot fail to produce its results on the character and circumstances. A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.

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

If you would perfect your body, guard your mind.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

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

A particular train of thought persisted in, be it good or bad, cannot fail to produce its results on the character and circumstances. A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.

As the physically weak man can make himself strong by careful and patient training, so the man of weak thoughts can make them strong by exercising himself in right thinking.

Only by much searching and mining are gold and diamonds obtained, and man can find every truth connected with his being if he will dig deep into the mine of his soul.

Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.

Fixedness of purpose is the root of all successful efforts.

Cherish your visions. Cherish your ideals.

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.

Your circumstances may be uncongenial, but they shall not long remain so if you but perceive an Ideal and strive to reach it.

Cherish your vision; 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, if you remain true to them, your world will at last be built.

Dream lofty dreams and as you dream, so shall you become.

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.

The dreamers are the saviors of the world.

Fixedness of purpose is the root of all successful efforts.

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

There can be no progress, no achievement without sacrifice.

Rely upon your own judgment; be true to your own conscience; follow the light that is within you; all outward lights are so many will-o’-the-wisps. There will be those who tell you that you are foolish; that your judgment is faulty; that your conscience is all awry, and that the light within you is darkness; but heed them not. If what they say is true, the sooner you, as a searcher of wisdom, find it out the better, and you can only make that discovery by bringing your powers to the test. Therefore, pursue your course bravely.

The dreamers are the saviors of the world.

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

He who would build both strong and high Must first of all dig deep and low; So rose the spire against the sky, And so doth skill and knowledge grow. So, with well-ordered strenuousness, Raise thou thy structure of Success.

Prosperity rests upon a moral foundation.

The dreamers are the saviors of the world.

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

Fearlessness accompanies honesty. The honest man has a clear eye and an unflinching gaze. He looks his fellow-men in the face, and his speech is direct and convincing.

He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it.

There can be no progress, no achievement without sacrifice.

Pure thoughts crystallize into habits of temperance and self-control, which solidify into circumstances of repose and peace. Thoughts of courage, self-reliance, and decision crystallize into manly habits, which solidify into circumstances of success, plenty, and freedom.

If you would perfect your body, guard your mind.

Individuals, families, nations grow and prosper in harmony with their growth in moral strength and knowledge; they fall and fail in accordance with their moral decadence.

Cherish your visions. Cherish your ideals.

Moral force is the life of all success.

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

The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears. It reaches the height of its cherished aspirations. It falls to the level of its unchastened desires - and circumstances are the means by which the soul receives its own.

Break away from the tyranny of custom, tradition, conventionality, and the opinions of others, until you succeed in walking lonely and erect against men.

One who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; one who would achieve much must sacrifice much.

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.

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.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves.

Every moral act is another solid brick in the temple of prosperity, another round of strength and sculptured beauty in the pillars which support it.

Prosperity rests upon a moral foundation.

The strong calm man is always loved and revered.

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.

Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.

Thought is the fountain of action, life and manifestation; make the fountain pure, and all will be pure.