James Allen was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of the self-help movement. His best known work, As a Man Thinketh, has been mass-produced since its publication in 1903. Profoundly inspirational James Allen quotes will challenge the way you think, and help guide you through any life experience.
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Famous James Allen Quotes
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. James Allen
A man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind. James Allen
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. James Allen
Self control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power. 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
A strong man cannot help a weaker unless the weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition. 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
The outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state. Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are. James Allen
For true success ask yourself these four questions Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? James Allen
As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains. James Allen
To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve. James Allen
A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts. James Allen
No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it. James Allen
A person is limited only by the thoughts that he chooses. 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
A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which regulates his life. And he adapts his mind to that regulating factor, he ceases to accuse others as the cause of his condition, and builds himself up in strong and noble thoughts; ceases to kick against circumstances, but begins to use them as aids to his more rapid progress, and as a means of the hidden powers and possibilities within himself. James Allen
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. 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
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. James Allen
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves. James Allen
Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love. James Allen
Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself. James Allen
The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it. James Allen
You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. 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
He who would accomplish little need sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much. He who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly. 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
Do not dwell upon the sins and mistakes of yesterday so exclusively as to have no energy and mind left for living rightly today, and do not think that the sins of yesterday can prevent you from living purely today. James Allen
Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit. James Allen
The dreamers are the saviors of the world. As the visible world is sustained by the invisible, so men, through all their trials and sins and sordid vocations, are nourished by the beautiful visions of their solitary dreamers. James Allen
The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do. James Allen
The world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going. James Allen
In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result. James Allen
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. James Allen
Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results. James Allen
A noble and God like 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 God like thoughts. James Allen
A man is literally what he thinks. James Allen
Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought. James Allen
All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts. 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
The very fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot. James Allen
All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts. James Allen
The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth. James Allen
There can be no progress nor achievement without sacrifice, and a man’s worldly success will be by the measure that he sacrifices his confused animal thoughts, and fixes his mind on the development of his plans, and the strengthening of his resolution and self reliance. James Allen
Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony. James Allen
A man becomes calm in the measure that he understands himself as a thought evolved being. For such knowledge necessitates the understanding of others as the result of thought, and as he develops a right understanding, and sees ever more clearly the internal relations of things by the action of cause and effect, he ceases to fuss, fume, worry, and grieve. He remains poised, steadfast, serene. James Allen
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. James Allen
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. James Allen
As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed and bloomed. James Allen
The body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or automatically expressed. James Allen
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it. James Allen
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. James Allen
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. James Allen
Suffering is always the effect of wrong thought in some direction. It is an indication that the individual is out of harmony with himself, with the Law of his being. James Allen
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. James Allen
A man can only rise, conquer, and achieve by lifting up his thoughts. James Allen
You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. James Allen
Man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild. 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
Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results. James Allen
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master gardener of his soul, the director of his life. James Allen
The circumstances which a man encounters with suffering are the result of his own mental inharmony. James Allen
You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration. 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 reality. James Allen
They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure. James Allen
The soul attracts that which it secretly harbours; that which it loves, and also that which it fears. 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
Act is the blossom of thought; and joy and suffering are its fruits; thus does a man garner in the sweet and biter fruitage of his own husbandry. James Allen
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
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. James Allen
It is a process of diverting one’s scattered forces into one powerful channel. James Allen
Self control is strength; Right Thought is mastery; Calmness is power. Say unto your heart, Peace, be still! James Allen
When mental energy is allowed to follow the line of least resistance and to fall into easy channels, it is called weakness. James Allen
Man is made and unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons which will destroy him. He also creates the tools with which he will build for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peach. Between these two extremes are all the grades of character, and man is their maker and their master. James Allen
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. James Allen
Let a man radically alter his thoughts, and he will be astonished at the rapid transformation it will effect in the material conditions of his life. James Allen
There can be no progress nor achievement without sacrifice, and a his mind on the development of his plans, and the strengthening of his resolution and self reliance. James Allen
Not what he wishes and prays for does a man get, but what he justly earns. His wishes and prayers are only gratified and answered when they harmonize with his thoughts and actions. James Allen
Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self control. James Allen
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. James Allen
A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts. James Allen
The man who thinks hateful thoughts brings hatred upon himself. The man who thinks loving thoughts is loved. James Allen
A person is limited only by the thoughts that he chooses. James Allen
For true success ask yourself these four questions Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? James Allen
A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which regulates his life. James Allen
