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James Allen Quotes

«Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound»
Author: James Allen (Statesman) | About: Men | Keywords: anxious, bound, unwilling
«No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.»
Author: James Allen (Statesman) | Keywords: returning
«You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration»
«A man is literally what he thinks»
Author: James Allen (Statesman) | Keywords: literally
«In all human affairs there are efforts and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result»
Author: James Allen (Statesman) | About: Effort | Keywords: affairs, efforts
«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.»
«All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.»
«The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do.»
«evil is not power; it is ignorance and misuse of good.»
Author: James Allen (Statesman) | About: Evil, Ignorance, Power
«Passion in all its forms is a mental thirst, a fever, a torturing unrest. As a fire consumes a magnificent building, reducing it to a heap of unsightly ashes, so are men consumed by the flames of passions, and their deeds and works fall and perish.»

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