As a man thinketh in his heart, so shall he be
The Bible says, as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he
Cherish the music that stirs in your heart.
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.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.
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.
Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become.
Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace.
Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.
The greatest achievement was, at first, and for a time, but a dream.
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.
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.
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.
The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears.
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.
Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.
Man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild.
The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.
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